The Naming of the Beast: Scrutinizing Concepts of Technology Rich Futures
2019 (English)In: Socio-Technical Futures Shaping the Present: Empirical Examples and Analytical Challenges / [ed] Andreas Lösch, Armin Grunwald, Martin Meister, Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer, Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer, 2019, p. 231-254Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Constructive Technology Assessment (CTA) aims to involve a multitude of stakeholders in discussions involving technology. However, all technological assessment is mediated through concepts. Development of concepts regarding technology rich futures has been lively but confusing for many stakeholders. Utilizing bibliographic data from Web of Science, this article overviews and discusses ten influential concepts that have played an important role during the 2000s. It is argued that the lively and dynamic concept production leads to numerous problems for a CTA approach.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer, 2019. p. 231-254
Series
Futures of Technology, Science and Society, ISSN ISSN 2524-3764, E-ISSN ISSN 2524-3772
Keywords [en]
Internet of Things, Semantic Web, Constructive Technology Assessment, Technology rich futures
National Category
Social Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-22586DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-27155-8ISBN: 978-3-658-27154-1 (print)ISBN: 978-3-658-27155-8 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-22586DiVA, id: diva2:1386467
2020-01-172020-01-172020-01-23Bibliographically approved