Reframing Futures: Concepts and Challenges in a Rapidly Changing World

About Dr. Manisha

  • Dr. Manisha is an accomplished academician currently serving as Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Ganga Institute of Technology and Management, Kablana, Jhajjar. She holds an impressive academic background with qualifications including B.Com, M.Com, MBA, B.Ed, M.Ed, and a Ph.D. in Commerce. With extensive teaching experience, Dr. Manisha specializes in the areas of Financial Accounting, Cost and Management Accounting, Company Accounts, and Financial Management. Her dedication and contributions to academic excellence have been recognized with an Appreciation Certificate awarded by the Honorable Chairman of the Institute for her commendable work during the NBA and NAAC accreditation processes. Dr. Manisha has actively participated in numerous conferences, seminars, faculty development programs (FDPs), webinars, and workshops. She has a strong research orientation, having published extensively in international refereed journals, UGC CARE-listed journals, and Scopus-indexed journals. Her commitment to quality education, research, and academic development continues to inspire students and peers alike.

Dr. Aparna Pathak

  • Dr. Aparna Pathak pursued her Ph.D. from Nagpur University. She has completed her Bachelor of Law and Master’s in Law from South Gujarat University. She also has a Master’s in Business Studies (HR) from MIT School of Management where she was awarded a Gold Medal for securing 1st Rank. She was awarded the Ideal Teacher Award in 2017 by MIT Group of Institutions. She has worked as an advocate for 9 years in the Courts in Gujarat. She was associated with MIT School of Business as Assistant Professor. She also handled responsibility as the Co-Head, Academic Program Office at MIT School of Business. Thereafter she was deputed as Assistant Professor and Head, Academic Program Office for Faculty of Fine Arts, Media, and Journalism and at Faculty of Law. She has also been handling the examination section and ERP in these departments. She has presented and published more than 18 research papers in national and international journals during her academic career. She has attended various Seminars, Workshops and Faculty Development Programs to keep herself updated with the latest topics in her subject area. She was the coordinator for the RDA’s 19th International Conference at Kochi and the Co-convenor for the International Conference on Innovation in Management Practices (ICIMP) by MIT School of Business, Pune. She has conducted FDPs and Guest Sessions at other institutions and had been called to be a jury member on various occasions. At present she is associated with the Faculty of Liberal Arts as an Assistant Professor and CDC Coordinator. She helps the students with their internships and dissertations as their guide.

Chapters List

Part I: Rethinking Foundations – Concepts in Flux

  1. From Progress to Precarity: The Shifting Meaning of Development
    Development Studies, Political Economy
  2. Redefining Identity in a Post-Truth Age
    Cultural Studies, Media Studies
  3. Decentering the Human: Anthropocentrism and its Discontents
    Philosophy, Environmental Humanities
  4. Knowledge and Power Revisited: Epistemic Justice in the Global South
    Postcolonial Studies, Sociology of Knowledge
  5. Democracy Redefined: Participation, Disruption, and Digital Dissent
    Political Science, Communication Studies

Part II: Disruptive Technologies and Conceptual Innovation

  1. Artificial Intelligence and the Rewriting of Rationality
    Philosophy of Technology, AI Ethics
  2. Data as Concept: Power, Privacy, and Possibility
    Data Studies, Information Science
  3. Digital Time: The Changing Tempo of Everyday Life
    Media Studies, Cultural Theory
  4. Online first: Blockchain and the Concept of Trust in Decentralized Futures
    Technology Studies, Legal Theory
  5. Virtuality and Reality: Rethinking Embodiment in the Metaverse
    Digital Humanities, Psychology

Part III: Reworlding the Planet – Concepts for Survival and Solidarity

  1. Planetary Health: Linking Ecology, Economy, and Ethics
    Environmental Studies, Public Health
  2. Online First Infrastructure of Survival: Resilient Design in the Age of Climate Change
    Urban Studies, Design Theory
  3. Degrowth as Concept and Movement
    Ecological Economics, Political Ecology
  4. Climate Justice: From Vulnerability to Resilience
    Environmental Justice, International Relations
  5. Borders in Crisis: Migration, Mobility, and Belonging
    Migration Studies, Human Geography
  6. Living with Collapse: Adaptive Futures and the Concept of Hope
    Futures Studies, Disaster Sociology

Part IV: Futures in the Making – Reimagining the Social

  1. Online First: Education Beyond the Classroom: Reframing Learning in Uncertain Times
    Education Studies, Sociology of Knowledge
  2. Work Without Workers? Labor, Automation, and Value
    Labor Studies, Economics
  3. Post-pandemic Society: Reconfiguring Publics and Privacies
    Public Policy, Medical Sociology
  4. Spirituality, Meaning, and the Future of Belief Systems
    Religious Studies, Anthropology
  5. Speculative Futures: Imagination as a Method of Resistance
    Futures Studies, Literary Theory