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Challenging Future Practice Possibilities
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“What might the futures of practice be like?” is far from a straightforward question. Emphasising "the" before the word future, implies one future. But futures thinkers have identified a range of f...
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21 March 2019

“What might the futures of practice be like?” is far from a straightforward question. Emphasising "the" before the word future, implies one future. But futures thinkers have identified a range of futures that people think about. In this book we reflect on possible, probable, and preferable futures in relation to practice and work. Readers are invited to consider how their own engagement in shaping possible futures will support ways of working that they deem preferable, even those they can hardly imagine. Challenging Future Practice Possibilities also examines influences that are maintaining the status quo and others that are pushing interest-driven change. Authors consider the major challenges that practice and practitioners face today such as wicked problems, fears for the future and complex demands and opportunities posed by the digital revolution. A number of examples of future-oriented work directions such as protean careers and artificial intelligence enhancing or even replacing human workforces, are considered along with concerns like the vulnerability of many work situations and workers. In some cases workers and employers alike are unprepared for these challenges, while others see adapting to these situations as yet another pathway of practice futures evolution.
Price: $69.00
Pages: 256
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Practice Futures
Publication Date:
21 March 2019
ISBN: 9789004400771
Format: Paperback
Joy Higgs, AM, PhD, Emeritus Professor at Charles Sturt University, Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales and Director of the Education, Practice and Employability Network, Australia.
Steven Cork, Ph.D. (1981), University of New South Wales, Australia, is Adjunct Associate Professor at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Principal of Ecoinsights, and a Director of Australia21.
Debbie Horsfall, Ph.D. (1998), is Professor of Sociology at Western Sydney University and leader of the Caring at End of Life Research Team in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology.
Steven Cork, Ph.D. (1981), University of New South Wales, Australia, is Adjunct Associate Professor at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Principal of Ecoinsights, and a Director of Australia21.
Debbie Horsfall, Ph.D. (1998), is Professor of Sociology at Western Sydney University and leader of the Caring at End of Life Research Team in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology.