Back to the Postindustrial Future

First ethnography solely focused on the future


One of the first ethnographies solely focused on a postindustrial city


Theoretical contribution to anthropology of time (presentism)


First English language ethnography of a shrinking city

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Translations
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Anthropology and the Future: Notes from a Shrinking Fieldsite
Chapter 1. 'There Can Only Be One Narrative': Postsocialism, Shrinkage and the Politics of Context in Hoyerswerda
Chapter 2. Reasoning about the Past: Temporal Complexity in a City with No Future
Chapter 3. 'Hoyerswerda...?' - '...Once Had a Future!': Temporal Flexibility and the Politics of the Future
Chapter 4. Enforced Futurism/Prescribed Hopes: Affective Politics and Pedagogies of the Future
Chapter 5. Performing the Future: Endurance, Maintenance and Self-Formation in Times of Shrinkage
Conclusion: Coming to Terms with the Future/'Zukunftsbewältigung'
Bibliography
Index