In recent years, the ösmart city'has become established in policy and planning discourse,
embedding visions of an urban future where ubiquitous technology offers efficient solutions …

We propose a new scenario archetypes method generated by extracting a set of archetypal
images of the future from a sample of 140 science fiction films set in the future using a …

Any sociological discussion of energy consumption must necessarily deal with not only the
social practices underpinning that consumption, but also the complex sociotechnical …

In this paper, we discuss our experience in teaching time to university students. Our analysis
suggests that students' sociological imagination and fictional creativity might be used as …

There are many ways in which climate futures can be envisioned, such as global and
regional climate models, scenarios of future emission trajectories, or pathways and visions …

to an as-yet unquantified degree, futures contribute to sha** the immanent future:'Science
fiction plays an important role in the sha** of desire [...] because it supports a vision of the …

The call for this special issue invites us to consider" integrated infrastructure as a response
to climate change". In doing so, it recapitulates a normative narrative wherein human beings …

The challenges faced by inland villages illustrate the techno-social relationship by which
information systems can be means of agency in addressing societal challenges. This paper …

In recent years explicitly utopian visions have reappeared across the political spectrum. To a
surprising degree these visions have drawn on histories and science and technology. What …

One of the enduring problems in the philosophy of technology is the question of control: do
we control technology, or does it control us? This study explores the question of control in a …