Dear colleagues,
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<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*).
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<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.
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<br>https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/prague20/
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<br>*Lost in the Dreamscapes of Modernity? Theorizing Agency, Multiplicity, and
<br>Scale in Sociotechnical Imaginaries*
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<br>Alexander Wentland, Technical University of Munich
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<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
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<br>*Alexander Wentland*
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<br>Innovation, Society, and Public Policy
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<br>Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS)
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<br>ORCID iD | @a_wentland
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