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WP345 The politics of future re-imagination: Sociolinguistic approaches
2025
This chapter takes issue with the idea of “crisis” as the entry point to the volume, outlining the importance of considering the failed future promises of the past. Against the background of seemingly hopeless times, it conceptualises …
Key words: daily life, hope, utopias
WP334 The pragmatics of hope among survivors of a terrorist attack
2025
This paper examines how survivors of a terrorist attack in Fortaleza, Brazil, and their allies navigated its aftermath. Through a focus group and interviews with students, professors, and other professionals—some present during the attack, others …
Key words: Brazil, hope, insecuritisation, survival