Research-Creations for Speculating About Digitized Automation

Bringing Creative Writing Prompts and Vital Materialism into the Sociology of Futures

Bibliographic Data

ID18950154
AuthorsD Lupton (0000-0003-2658-4430, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia, corresponding author), A Watson (0000-0001-5826-8534, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia)
Year2022
Volume28
Issue7
Pages754-766
Publication date2022-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10778004221097049
OpenAlexW4281389543
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited43

In this article, we present ideas about developing innovative methods for the sociology of futures. Our approach brings together the literature on sociotechnical imaginaries and the sociology of futures with vital materialism theories and research-creation methods. We draw on our research-creation materials from a series of online workshops. The workshops involved the use of creative writing prompts with participants across a diverse range of age groups and locations. The article ends with some reflections on the implications of our approach for researching the futures of emerging digital technologies and the methodological and theoretical development of the sociology of futures

Epistemology · Futures contract · Historical materialism · Knowledge management · Marxist philosophy · Materialism · Politics · Posthumanism · Social science · Sociology · Sociotechnical system · Computer Science · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Law