
Pledging für: Making Rural Futures (Purchase to Open | P2O)
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What does it mean to create a ›model‹ village – and what kinds of futures are imagined in the process? Across the world and throughout history, the village has served as a powerful ideal of harmony, progress, and a better way of living. Focusing on model villages in India and Germany, Rebekka Diestelkamp explores how such ideals are reworked through development agendas, aesthetic norms, and utopian aspirations. She shows how hopes for harmony and sustainability are translated into everyday practices – and how these visions can inspire collective action while also producing new tensions and exclusions. By tracing how rural futures are imagined, performed, and contested, the volume offers fresh insights into contemporary debates on sustainability, community, and social transformation.
Informationen zum Pledging (Purchase to Open):
- Pledging-Zeitraum: 26.02.2026 bis 30.07.2026
- Pledging-Zielbetrag: 4094 Euro
- Gesamtkosten des Verlags: 6969 Euro
- Summe der zugesagten Fördermittel: 2875 Euro
- Review-Verfahren: Verlagsreview
- Vorgesehene CC-Lizenz: CC BY-NC
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Is a cultural geographer with a background in comparative literature and transformation studies. Her MA thesis has been awarded with the GAIA Masters Student Paper Award (2021). She is interested in interdisciplinary approaches and is currently working on rural transformation, sustainability, and utopian practices.