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SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE – A SHORT SURVEY AMONG STUDENTS
Emil Heršak
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Tomislav Keglević
Abstract
The article relays the motivation to research attitudes toward the future, and the results of a survey conducted in 2016 on two student groups (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, students enrolled in „Anthropology of the Future”, and the Faculty of International Economics in Podgorica; N=65). An important determinant of this article is an attempt to interpret some of the answers bearing in mind the maternal language and foreign language skills of the participants. The
survey consisted of sociodemographic questions, open-ended questions on future, and multiple choice questions concerning the future of globalization, family, culture, language, economy, confl icts and quality of life. It should be emphasized that the conducted survey was intended as a first, test examination of attitudes and familiarities with the subject matter, and is not methodologically rigorous enough to claim definite conclusions. The obtained results serve as an incentive for new and methodologically coherent study of visions of the future, placing an emphasis on the examination of the correlation between attitudes toward the future and toward language.
Keywords
Future; Globalization; Languages; Social Development; Technology; Different Visions in regard to the Future.
Hrčak ID:
216439
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Publication date:
31.12.2018.
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