Dear list members,
<br>
<br>Apologies for cross-posting.
<br>
<br>We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper proposal to our Open
<br>Panel “Performative Futures: Fighting Reification Inertias through
<br>Open Anticipations” to be held in the EASST/4S conference[1] (Prague,
<br>August 18th-21st 2020). More information is included below. Please
<br>feel free to circulate this call to anyone who might be interested and
<br>do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or doubts.
<br>Thanks!
<br>
<br>Best regards,
<br>Sergio Urueña, Hannot Rodríguez & Andoni Ibarra
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<br> OPEN PANEL - “PERFORMATIVE FUTURES: FIGHTING REIFICATION INERTIAS
<br>THROUGH OPEN ANTICIPATIONS” (EASST/4S)
<br>
<br> ABSTRACT
<br>Science and technology practices are crucially shaped by
<br>representations of “the future”. Expectations, socio-technical
<br>imaginaries and techno-visions are constitutive elements in the de
<br>facto epistemic-political governance of research and innovation. Some
<br>scholars (e.g., van Lente, 2006; Jasanoff and Kim, 2015; Konrad and
<br>Palavicino, 2017; Lösch, 2017) as well as certain research policy
<br>frameworks (e.g., technology assessment, anticipatory governance, RRI)
<br>have emphasized this performative character of futures by approaching
<br>it as an object of responsibility. This intellectual endeavor has been
<br>especially fruitful in relation to the visualization and critique of
<br>existing reification inertias. That is to say, the frames,
<br>regulations, commitments, feelings and so on, orienting and
<br>constraining (i.e., reifying, or closing-down) the processes, outcomes
<br>and ends of research and innovation practices.
<br>
<br>This panel aims to explore the theoretical and practical possibilities
<br>of developing interventive anticipatory resources capable of
<br>instrumentalizing “the future” in more open, inclusive and reflexive
<br>ways.
<br>
<br>Some POTENTIAL QUESTIONS include:
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<br> To what extent are anticipatory narratives and practices within
<br>research and innovation policy systems open, inclusive and reflexive?
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<br> What constraining/enabling roles do socio-technical expectations,
<br>imaginaries and techno-visions of “the future” play in research and
<br>innovation practices?
<br>
<br> *
<br> What potentials and limits do anticipatory methods (e.g.,
<br>scenario-building, science-fiction prototyping, technology
<br>roadmapping, etc.) display with regard to reflexivity and de-reifying
<br>dynamics?
<br>
<br> *
<br> How is/should the epistemic-political quality of open anticipatory
<br>practices be enacted and/or assessed?
<br>
<br> *
<br> What role and relevance does anticipatory governance display in
<br>relation to more recent policy frameworks such as RRI and “Open
<br>Science”?
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<br>SUBMISSION
<br>The panel is open to all disciplines, approaches and methods. We
<br>welcome researchers, practitioners and students.
<br>
<br>If you are interested in participating in our Open Panel, please
<br>submit your proposal for an oral presentation (max. 250 words
<br>abstract, including the paper’s main arguments, methods and
<br>contribution) by logging into the Programme website
<br>(https://admin.allacademic.com/one/ssss/ssss20/) with your 4S
<br>credentials, selecting “Papers for Open Panels” and clicking in the
<br>Open Panel No. 132.
<br>
<br>_Deadline_: FEBRUARY 29TH, 2020.
<br>
<br>
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<br>Vínculos:
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<br>[1] https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/
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