Vision as a method

The article formulates the thesis that there is a need to rethink the concept of "vision as a method" based on the work published in Poland in 2023, Polska wsi 2044. Wizja Rozwoju, edited by M. Halamska, M. Kłodziński and M. Stanna. An attempt was made here to demonstrate that "vision as a method" is more useful than "utopia as a method", a concept formulated in 2016 in the article by M. Shucksmith entitled "Reimaging the rural: From rural idyll to good countryside". "Vision as a method", unlike "utopia as a method", is based on the idea of ​​"sociological imagination" (CW Mills), the perspective of "self-fulfilling prophecy" (RK Merton) and "field theory" (K. Lewin). Therefore, the author presented a synthetic analysis of the basic messages contained in the aforementioned work Polska wsi 2044. Wizja Rozwoju as based on the idea of ​​sociological imagination. Moreover, he pointed out the need to distribute these messages among the main actors leading the debate on the future of the village in such a way as to put them on the path of a self-fulfilling prophecy. The results of this debate, i.e. the potential agreement of positions, can then be analyzed in the perspective of field theory as a path to relatively stable solutions to the analyzed social problems.