Anticipation and modal power: Opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems

Within STS, there are three approaches to the creation and mobilization of futures: descriptive, normative, and interventive. Visions, expectations, and imaginaries are currently seen as anticipatory artifacts that close down the momentum of sociotechnical systems and, as such, are objects of critic...

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Autor: Urueña López, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:Anticipation
Modal power
Sociotechnical futures
Technological momentum
Sociotechnical imaginaries
Future-making politics
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spelling Anticipation and modal power: Opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systemsUrueña López, SergioAnticipationModal powerSociotechnical futuresTechnological momentumSociotechnical imaginariesFuture-making politicsWithin STS, there are three approaches to the creation and mobilization of futures: descriptive, normative, and interventive. Visions, expectations, and imaginaries are currently seen as anticipatory artifacts that close down the momentum of sociotechnical systems and, as such, are objects of critical scrutiny. At the same time, interventive techniques engaging with future representations are considered to be useful anticipatory instruments for opening up ranges of envisaged alternatives. This article reviews STS advances concerning the performativity of both de facto and interventive anticipatory practices in shaping the momentum of sociotechnical systems in light of the phenomenon of modal power: the modulation dynamics of what actors deem to be (im)plausible and/or (un)desirable. The diverse attempts of STS scholars and practitioners to understand, critique, and engage with the politics of opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems require engaging with the creation, mobilization, and execution of modal power. The heuristics presented here are intended to be useful in framing and recognizing the political-epistemic radicality that the creation and mobilization of sociotechnical futures holds in the constitution of our sociotechnical orders as well as the role that the attribution of (im)plausibility or (un)desirability plays in such processes.The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Spanish State Research Agency (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) [grant number PID2020-114279RB-I00]; and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the European Regional Development Fund [grant number BES-2016-079192].Sage202420242022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/64204reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MCIN/PID2020-114279RB-I00/nfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/BES-2016-079192info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess© 2022 Sergio Urueñaoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/642042026-06-18T09:23:17Z
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title Anticipation and modal power: Opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems
spellingShingle Anticipation and modal power: Opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems
Urueña López, Sergio
Anticipation
Modal power
Sociotechnical futures
Technological momentum
Sociotechnical imaginaries
Future-making politics
title_short Anticipation and modal power: Opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems
title_full Anticipation and modal power: Opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems
title_fullStr Anticipation and modal power: Opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems
title_full_unstemmed Anticipation and modal power: Opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems
title_sort Anticipation and modal power: Opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Urueña López, Sergio
author Urueña López, Sergio
author_facet Urueña López, Sergio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Anticipation
Modal power
Sociotechnical futures
Technological momentum
Sociotechnical imaginaries
Future-making politics
topic Anticipation
Modal power
Sociotechnical futures
Technological momentum
Sociotechnical imaginaries
Future-making politics
description Within STS, there are three approaches to the creation and mobilization of futures: descriptive, normative, and interventive. Visions, expectations, and imaginaries are currently seen as anticipatory artifacts that close down the momentum of sociotechnical systems and, as such, are objects of critical scrutiny. At the same time, interventive techniques engaging with future representations are considered to be useful anticipatory instruments for opening up ranges of envisaged alternatives. This article reviews STS advances concerning the performativity of both de facto and interventive anticipatory practices in shaping the momentum of sociotechnical systems in light of the phenomenon of modal power: the modulation dynamics of what actors deem to be (im)plausible and/or (un)desirable. The diverse attempts of STS scholars and practitioners to understand, critique, and engage with the politics of opening up and closing down the momentum of sociotechnical systems require engaging with the creation, mobilization, and execution of modal power. The heuristics presented here are intended to be useful in framing and recognizing the political-epistemic radicality that the creation and mobilization of sociotechnical futures holds in the constitution of our sociotechnical orders as well as the role that the attribution of (im)plausibility or (un)desirability plays in such processes.
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