Imaginaries of innovation

Turning technology development into a public issue

Journal article (2021)

Authors

U. Pesch Values Technology and Innovation ,

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scab017

Innovation Technology assessment Metamorphosis Sociotechnical imaginary Public debate Social imaginary

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2021

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English

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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.

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