Art in Fostering Our Capacity to Re-Imagine the Sustainable Future

Abstract

In this chapter, we discuss how imagination plays an important role in pursuing more sustainable futures, both as individuals and as societies. We take as a starting point that all forms of art can greatly inspire and nurture our imaginative capabilities needed for change. The idea of this chapter finds inspiration from photographs taken by Mark Isaac. We present a dialogue between the artist, Mark, and business studies scholars, Hanna and Siiri. We will, first, discuss imagination and introduce the four techniques of photography presented in this study. With respect to each technique, we explore the ways by which artistic ways of seeing and knowing provide for relating to material reality in novel, innovative, and imaginative ways. We invite the reader to examine the connection between imagination and individual capacity to achieve sustainable futures.