Ferry & Limbert- Timely Assets intro
"Timely Assets: The Politics of Resources and Their Temporalities" is an edited book about the temporal dimensions of "resources". But, what does it mean to think about issues of "time" and resources at the same time?
As one of the editors present the book, it brings questions such as "Under what conditions and with what consequences do people find something to be a resource? What kinds of temporal experiences, concepts, or narratives does thinking of things as resources entail? How does the making and imagining of resources assume or condition particular understandings of past, present, and future? How do understandings of time shape the ways resources are named, managed, or allocated?" (cited in https://elizabeth-ferry.com/)
The introduction to the book is quite helpful in giving us some theoretical insights about how to think about resource temporalities. It opens issues and questions that could provide us with ideas on how to analyze specific dimensions of natural resources. It can give us some ideas for research questions. Or maybe, what I find most interesting, it just connects us with the discussion of the "future" that is implicit in our discussions of climate change and capitalism. I hope you enjoy it!