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Ways out of the Crisis: Mapping Possibility Spaces

Glăveanu, Vlad orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6029-6718 (2024) Ways out of the Crisis: Mapping Possibility Spaces. In: Ivcevic, Zorana, Reiter-Palmon, Roni, Tang, Min and Grohman, Magdalena G., (eds.) Crises, Creativity and Innovation. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Innovation in Organizations (PSCIO) . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 61-79. ISBN 978-3-031-61782-9

Abstract
The silver lining of every crisis rests in the possibilities bundled with it. The question is how exactly we can disentangle these possibilities and turn moments of crisis into opportunities to think and act differently. This chapter offers a sociocultural perspective on crises and possibility that focuses our attention on differences of position and perspective between people who agentically move through socio-material, cultural, and political worlds. To better understand how individuals and collectives explore the possible when faced with a crisis, the Possibility Spaces Framework (PSF) is proposed based on two axes: number of perspectives (narrow vs. wide) and degree of elaboration (thin vs. thick). The four resulting quadrants are illustrated with the help of three short case studies: micro-crises in Romanian egg decoration practices, macro-crises in pandemic-related Internet memes, and meso-crises in social mobilization practices in Colombia. In the end, it is argued that our engagement with the possible in contexts of crises and ruptures needs strong ethics, one that can help us equally recognize the dignity, humanity, and possibility of self, others, and society.
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Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Possibility Spaces Framework; sociocultural theory; craft; Internet memes; community activism; crisis; ethics of possibility
Subjects:Computer Science > World Wide Web
Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Sociology
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Research Institutes and Centres > Centre for Possibility Studies
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Official URL:https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-03...
Copyright Information:Author
ID Code:33110
Deposited On:17 Aug 2026 13:55 by Tam Nguyen . Last Modified 17 Aug 2026 13:58
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