Abstract
This position article introduces science fiction
prototyping as a thought-provoking method for arousing
discussion within and between emerging technology
research and foresight. The article introduces the method
by demonstrating how it has already been employed within
the emerging technology research domain, and how it has
encouraged researchers to create science fictional
stories that are based on extensive amount of research,
relating mostly to their particular field of expertise.
The article briefly deliberates the manner of how future
studies, foresight and organizational research has
already taken up and employed this method. Thereafter the
article proceeds with a consideration on how foresight
could further advance the future-oriented method to the
unexplored fields of research that focus on the wider
social, technical and economic areas of the emerging
technologies.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 333-347 |
| Journal | Athens Journal of Technology and Engineering |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- emerging technology research
- foresight
- science fiction
- science fiction prototypes
- technology design