Career agency is a vaguely defined concept that is usually explained in terms of cultivating self-reliance, while it is at the same time being critiqued as a difficult to reach goal as a result of societal pressures. Instead of viewing agency through the lens of these opposing viewpoints, focused on people either being self-reliant or determined by outside forces, this article proposes a ‘medial’ perspective on agency. People can be assisted to develop agency when it is conceptualized as an emergent phenomenon that can be fostered through imaginative and playful writing, where individuals are invited to engage in a field where an expansion of both symbolic and material space can be promoted. The dangers of an instrumental focus on career management skills are outlined and the philosophical considerations underlying the idea of imagination as fostering agency are explained.

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想象力在新兴职业中介中的作用

职业代理是一个定义模糊的概念，通常从培养自力更生的角度来解释，同时也被批评为由于社会压力而难以实现的目标。本文没有通过这些对立观点的视角来看待代理，重点关注人们要么自力更生，要么由外部力量决定，而是提出了一种关于代理的“中间”视角。当人们将代理概念化为一种可以通过富有想象力和俏皮的写作来培养的新兴现象时，可以帮助人们发展代理，在这种情况下，个人被邀请参与一个可以促进符号和物质空间扩展的领域。