Message posted on 12/02/2020
CfP EASST/4S: Lost in the Dreamscapes of Modernity? Theorizing Agency, Multiplicity, and Scale in Sociotechnical Imaginaries
Dear colleagues, <br> <br>Yes, this is another another EASST/4S panel in search interesting and <br>fitting contributions (and a reminder that the submission *deadline is 29 <br>Feb*). <br> <br>This panel invites contributions that tackle conceptual challenges around <br>the idiom of sociotechnical imaginaries, including theoretical papers, <br>conceptually rich case studies, and comparative analyses, but also <br>presentations that expand this discussion towards the realm of activism, <br>design, and artistic work. <br> <br>https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/prague20/ <br> <br>*Lost in the Dreamscapes of Modernity? Theorizing Agency, Multiplicity, and <br>Scale in Sociotechnical Imaginaries* <br> <br>Alexander Wentland, Technical University of Munich <br> <br>Over the past decade, the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries has emerged <br>as one of the leading frameworks in STS to explain the co-production of <br>societal futures vis-à-vis science and technology (S&T). This perspective <br>has aided the analysis of persistent patterns and problems of the modern <br>technoscientific world, while avoiding grand narratives and theories of <br>society. It has provided helpful insights into why great changes might <br>happen rapidly or attempts to remake the world fail despite great effort. <br>Much of the current literature has employed the framework to compare <br>technological development across nations, regions, and cultures beyond <br>obvious natural, economic, or social disparities. Despite widespread and <br>productive use, a number of questions have come to the fore that complicate <br>the further theorizing and empirical application of this framework. For <br>example, how can we explain not only the emergence but also the shifting <br>and changing of imagined futures? How do we deal with the coexistence of <br>concurrent sociotechnical imaginaries and, furthermore, the overlapping of <br>imagined communities at scales such as the nation-state along with <br>transnational zones and specific places? How can entrepreneurial agents <br>resonate with diverse cultural currents and possibly create entanglements <br>between seemingly unrelated discourse arenas and disparate life worlds? <br>This panel invites contributions that tackle these challenges in generative <br>ways, including theoretical papers, conceptually rich case studies, and <br>comparative analyses, but also presentations that expand this discussion <br>towards the realm of activism, design, and artistic work. <br> <br>Contact: alexander.wentland@tum.de <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>*Alexander Wentland* <br> <br>Innovation, Society, and Public Policy <br> <br>Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS) <br> <br>ORCID iD | @a_wentland <br> <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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