CfP: Politicization of Sociotechnical Futures: Prerequisites
Dear Colleagues,
We invite the broad spectrum of STS-scholars to submit abstracts for our open
panel ?Politicization of Sociotechnical Futures: Prerequisites and Limits?
(Panel 135) at the EASST4S conference in Prague (18-21 August 2020).
Panel description:
https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/accepted-open-panels-all-abstracts/
Submission:
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/prague20/
Kinds regards and sorry for crossposting
Paulina Dobroc, Andreas Lsch, Maximilian Romann
Politicization of Sociotechnical Futures: Prerequisites and Limits (Panel
135)
Convenors: Paulina Dobroc, Andreas Lsch, Maximilian Romann (Institute for
Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis/Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology)
STS-research on expectations, imaginaries and visions has shown that
imaginaries of sociotechnical futures, the promises and fears associated with
them, increasingly influence processes of sociotechnical innovations and
transformations. In various societal contexts ? e.g., research politics,
scientific collaborations, parliamentary debates, social movements ? these
imaginaries serve as visionary resources and capacities to legitimate
decisions, coordinate practices, steer developments, raise awareness for
specific problem-solutions etc. For this purpose, futures are getting
politicized. The objects of politicization materialize in a variety of forms
(e.g., terms, symbols, metaphors, narratives, artifacts, traditions,
organizations). We assume that both, the specific characteristics of the
societal context (e.g. power constellations) and of the forms (e.g.,
discursive narratives or prototypes) are conditions for the politicization.
For example, it makes a difference, if promises of openness are part of hacker
practices or part of parliamentary debates about Open Government. At the same
time, an in-vitro-burger may serve as an object of politicization differently
in the context of 3D printing development compared to public controversies on
nutrition transition.
We invite theoretical and empirical papers from the broad spectrum of
STS-scholars to discuss and to elaborate questions such as:
- How does the interplay of contextual constellations and forms shape
the processes of politicization?
- What are the prerequisites and limits for the politicization of
futures (e.g., for the success of visioneers) related to different contexts
and forms?
- How do sociotechnical futures evolve in time and context- and
form-specific politicizations of futures emerge?
Please submit your abstract of max. 250 words until February 29, 2020 here and
relate your abstract to our open panel No. 135:
Panel description:
https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/accepted-open-panels-all-abstracts/
Submission:
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/prague20/
Karlsruher Institut fr Technologie (KIT)
Institut fr Technikfolgenabschtzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Paulina Dobroc, lic. phil., M.A.
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Karlstrae 11
76133 Karlsruhe
Webseite: https://www.itas.kit.edu/mitarbeiter_dobroc_paulina.php
E-Mail: paulina.dobroc@kit.edu
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