[Air-L] last CfP: workshop "We are on a mission". Exploring the role of future imaginaries in the making and governing of digital technology, Berlin, 27 April 2018

[Mager, Astrid]

It's an abstract proposal rather than a paper, of course! Sorry!
Best, Astrid


Am 28.02.2018 um 16:48 schrieb Mager, Astrid:
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> Dear colleagues,
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> there are two more days to submit a paper for the workshop I'm 
> co-organizing together with Christian Katzenbach:
> "We are on a mission". Exploring the role of future imaginaries in the 
> making and governing of digital technology, Berlin, 27 April 2018
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> We are happy that Sally Wyatt (Maastricht University) will deliver a 
> keynote on technological imaginaries in fiction, policy and everyday 
> life.
> The title is: "Imagine you are an iPhone, recharging"
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> If you'd like to participate in the workshop, please send an english 
> language abstract (300-500 words)*until 2 March 2018*.
> We encourage you to also submit work-in-progress.
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> Here's the website with all the 
> details:https://www.hiig.de/en/events/workshop-exploring-future-imaginaries/
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> Please contact me off-list if you have further questions!
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> We're looking forward to your contributions!
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> Thanks! Best, Astrid
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>    “We are on a mission”. Exploring the role of future imaginaries in
>    the making and governing of digital technology
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> Call for Abstracts
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> Deadline: 02.03.2018
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> Workshop
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> Friday, 27 April 2018
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> Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
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> Französische Straße 9,
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> 10117 Berlin, Germany
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> Keynote: Sally Wyatt (Maastricht University)
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> “We are on a mission to build a more open, accessible, and fair 
> financial future, one piece of software at a time” promises the 
> software platform Blockchain. “Imagine if everyone could get around 
> easily and safely, without tired, drunk or distracted driving” 
> envisions the self-driving car company Waymo(a subsidiary of Google's 
> parent company, Alphabet Inc.). “The Regulation is an essential step 
> to strengthen citizens' fundamental rights in the digital age and 
> facilitate business by simplifying rules for companies in the Digital 
> Single Market” claims the European Commissionwith regard to the 
> General Data Protection Regulation.
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> These examples show how imaginaries of future societies are enacted to 
> promote digital innovations or legitimate certain modes of internet 
> governance. They illustrate how software providers, tech companies and 
> legislators dig into the rich pool of cultural norms, visions and 
> values to support (or question) digital tools, rules and regulations. 
> Future prospects seem to be central for making decisions in the present.
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> What role do future imaginaries perform in the making and governing of 
> present digital technology? How are they mobilised to push or oppose 
> digital innovations such as artificial intelligence, the internet of 
> things, blockchain technology or open source/open data projects? How 
> are prospective imaginaries shaped in policy discourses and governance 
> practices regarding networked technology and global data flows? What 
> significance do European specificities have in global technology 
> imaginations? Can different mechanisms be identified in mainstream 
> discourses and counter-narratives? What happens if future scenarios 
> are contested and digital promises become contradictory?
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> Themes of the Workshop
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> These are central questions to be discussed in our workshop. We 
> welcome theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions that 
> help us understand how the future is mobilized to make and govern 
> digital technology in the present.
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> The workshop is organized around three central themes:
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>    Theories and concepts to analytically grasp future visions and their
>    roles in the making and governance of digital technology
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>    Methods and tools to analyze the nexus between future imaginations
>    and their functions in and impact on policy-making and technology
>    development
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>    Empirical research and case studies on future imaginaries and their
>    roles in the making and governing of present digital technology
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> Submission
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> We welcome theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions 
> from various disciplines that speak to the themes of the workshop. 
> Please send an english language 300–500 word abstract including 
> titlethat describes your contribution to the workshop. We encourage 
> you to submit work-in-progress.
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> Abstracts are submitted via e-mail to astrid.mager at oeaw.ac.at 
> <mailto:astrid.mager at oeaw.ac.at>before 2 March 2018. We will send out 
> notifications on 13 March 2018.
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> Organisers
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> Astrid Mager
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> Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA), Austrian Academy of Sciences
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> astrid.mager at oeaw.ac.at <mailto:astrid.mager at oeaw.ac.at>
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> Christian Katzenbach
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> Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
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> katzenbach at hiig.de <mailto:katzenbach at hiig.de>
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