Print Email Facebook Twitter Imaginaries of innovation Title Imaginaries of innovation: Turning technology development into a public issue Author Pesch, U. (TU Delft Values Technology and Innovation; TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology) Department Values Technology and Innovation Date 2021 Abstract New technologies will have a big impact on our public life-world, suggesting that it is necessary to have a public debate on innovation. Such a debate is missing: instead of having a debate on the process of technology development, only expected effects of new technologies are discussed. This is undesirable as innovation processes recruit implicit normative assumptions that should be opened up for public scrutiny. This article aims to outline conditions and possibilities for organizing such public debates on innovation. It will do so by depicting innovations as wilful metamorphoses which materialize worldviews and expectations entertained by technology developers. Existing technology assessment organizations could instigate discussions on the desirability and credibility of these worldviews and expectations, so as to further democratize the process of technology development. Subject innovationmetamorphosispublic debatesocial imaginarysociotechnical imaginarytechnology assessment To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f01dc962-7e0a-4eaf-b10e-0ddaefc5ca08 DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scab017 Embargo date 2023-03-13 ISSN 0302-3427 Source Science and Public Policy, 48 (2), 257-264 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2021 U. Pesch Files PDF Imaginaries_of_innovation.pdf 274.79 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f01dc962-7e0a-4eaf-b10e-0ddaefc5ca08/datastream/OBJ/view