Narratives of change: Strategies for inclusivity in shaping socio-technical future visions

Digital Short Story Literacy and the Character of Environmentally Concerned Students

“…It has only been in the past couple of years that researchers such as Arafah 2023) have started to study the effects of digital short story literacy on environmental care. For example, Dobroć et al (2023) illustrate how intermediary organizations use narratives to develop inclusiveness strategies in Sweden's urban innovation programs. Furthermore, research reveals that human and non-human entities combine to influence the implementation of various approaches to critical literacy and understanding of meaning in students in a global context (Zhang et al, 2023).…”

Why Decenter Images of the Future Matter: Absences, Alternatives, and Accomplishments Challenging Future Visions

“…STS is also having a surge of futures imaginations, with the popularization of the concept of socio-technical imaginaries (Jasanoff and Kim, 2015; Sismondo, 2020), that build on the long traditions of sociology of expectation (Brown and Michael, 2003; Borup et al, 2006) and sociologies of the future (Selin 2008; Tutton, 2017). Among these scholars, some have focused their attention on anticipatory governances of nations, organizations, and groups (Guston, 2014; Nelson et al, 2021; Ramos, 2014) that in this century have articulated a dialogue in STS about technology and futures (Dobroc et al, 2023; Lösch et al, 2019). However, we appreciate a gap between both communities, that are intellectually disconnected, and that their findings and concepts about the future are missing in conversation.…”