Rêver de ce qui se trouve au-delà d’un monde en flammes

l’imagination radicale comme méthode de recherche

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Mots-clés :

imagination radicale, anxiété climatique, rêverie, résistance, crises sociales, lutte collective, méthodes qualitatives, groupes de discussion, grève des naissances

Résumé

Ayant débuté en 2021, après deux catastrophes climatiques en Colombie-Britannique, The Imagine Kin Project avait pour objectif de tâter le pouls de jeunes vivant dans la région métropolitaine de Vancouver, qui se préoccupaient des futurs climats et de l’insécurité économique, tandis qu’ils s’imaginaient leurs relations futures dans ce contexte. Ce projet pilote de recherche comprenait une série de trois groupes de discussion ainsi qu’un atelier artistique. En présentant les données initiales des groupes de discussion, je préconise le recours à l’imagination radicale comme outil méthodologique pour comprendre les expériences entrecroisées de précarité des gens, pour susciter la réflexion à propos des inquiétudes connexes et les valider et pour favoriser des conditions propices à l’espoir radical au sein des participant·e·s. De plus, je suggère que les questions relatives aux liens de parenté et aux relations affectueuses déterminantes sont des messages-guides utiles pour l’imagination radicale, puisque ces thématiques personnelles permettent de politiser collectivement l’introspection en matière de précarité entrecroisée par des moyens probablement moins intimidants que le seraient des questions plus directes à propos des mouvements sociaux. Les conclusions de cette recherche révèlent qu’un avenir imaginé dans le cadre d’une rêverie collective peut péniblement dévoiler les craintes d’une personne tout en stimulant simultanément un remue-méninges vivifiant en faveur des relations et de la solidarité dans un contexte de réflexion apocalyptique et d’interventions individualistes en réponse aux crises internationales.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

  • Amanda Watson, Simon Fraser University

    Amanda Watson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University and Associate Member of the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. She is the current President of Academic Women at SFU. 

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2025-12-03

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Liveable Futures: Radical Imagination as Method // Radical Imagination as Survival