This article attempts to further a geographical theory of socio-ecological transformation. Understanding transformation has previously focused on regions, places, networks, or individual and collective spatialities as the unit of analysis pushing change. This article, by contrast, outlines the pragmatic function that individually and collectively held beliefs, goals, and purposes have. We call these guiding visions Leitbilder, and outline how they act as guiding lights, lodestars, that motivate, temper, and contain different people, groups, and initiatives. Where academic work exists here it is often voluntaristic, elective, focused on intentional, opt-in communities and so tends towards studies of “usual suspects.” This paper by contrast, addresses those preforming radical environmentalist behavior, beyond a conscious or elective identity of being environmental. We do so by outlining the case of Réiden, Luxembourg. We present an in-depth study of four transformative initiatives in different domains and, through Q-method, outline their intricate, mutable, and catalytic interrelationships. We argue that to take proper account of the geography of transformation, the alignment of heterogenous Leitbilder in functionally diverse practice coalitions is crucial.

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变革实用主义：如何利用 Leitbilder 的多样性促进卢森堡莱登的农村转型

本文试图进一步深化社会生态转型的地理学理论。理解转型以前侧重于区域、地点、网络或个人和集体空间，作为推动变革的分析单位。相比之下，本文概述了个人和集体持有的信念、目标和目的所具有的实用功能。我们将这些指导愿景称为 Leitbilder，并概述了它们如何充当指路明灯、北极星、激励、调节和包容不同的人、团体和倡议。在这里存在的学术工作通常是自愿的、选修的、专注于有意的、选择加入的社区，因此倾向于研究“通常的嫌疑人”。相比之下，本文针对的是那些激进的环保主义行为，超越有意识的或选择性的环境身份。我们通过概述卢森堡 Réiden 的案例来做到这一点。我们深入研究了不同领域的四个变革性举措，并通过 Q 方法概述了它们复杂、可变和催化性的相互关系。我们认为，为了正确考虑转型的地理因素，功能多样的实践联盟中异质性 Leitbilder 的对齐至关重要。