Ulises Navarro Aguiar
Biographic Data
| ID | 349317 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ulises Navarro Aguiar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ulises Navarro |
| FAMILY NAME | Aguiar |
| SIGNATURE | AGUIAR U N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9704-4234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From visioning to crafting futures? Surveying the expanding literature on future making
This article examines the increased use of the concept of “future making” within futures studies and related disciplines. Specifically, it surveys articles in this journal and charts the extra-futures studies interventions that these contributions cite. In so doing, the article explores the cross-disciplinary roots and stakes of the concept. The text suggests that the recent popularity of future making within Futures signals a new tendency within…
The design-ification of future making: Uncertainty and Divination in Contemporary Business Discourse
What is Design Worth?” Narrating the Assetization of Design
This article explores how financial logics and investment rationalities are intersecting with and shaping the expert discourse and practice of professional design. It uses “assetization” as a conceptual category to make sense of recent efforts to account for the value of design in financial terms. Specifically, the article provides a narrative-semiotic analysis of a report on “The Business Value of Design” published by McKinsey & Company, unfoldi…
Translating ‘New Compactism’, circulation of knowledge and local mutations: Copenhagen’s Sydhavn as a case study
The international circulation of urban design concepts often leads to their characterization as transferable ideals defined by a set of universalized ‘best practices’ that are simply implemented in new localities, as is typical of top-down approaches to planning. Recently, the compact city and New Urbanism have become trendy concepts informing the development of urban projects across geographies. This research draws on ANT sensitivities and polic…
What is Design Worth?” Narrating the Assetization of Design
This article explores how financial logics and investment rationalities are intersecting with and shaping the expert discourse and practice of professional design. It uses “assetization” as a conceptual category to make sense of recent efforts to account for the value of design in financial terms. Specifically, the article provides a narrative-semiotic analysis of a report on “The Business Value of Design” published by McKinsey & Company, unfoldi…
Translating ‘New Compactism’, circulation of knowledge and local mutations: Copenhagen’s Sydhavn as a case study
The international circulation of urban design concepts often leads to their characterization as transferable ideals defined by a set of universalized ‘best practices’ that are simply implemented in new localities, as is typical of top-down approaches to planning. Recently, the compact city and New Urbanism have become trendy concepts informing the development of urban projects across geographies. This research draws on ANT sensitivities and polic…
What is Design Worth?” Narrating the Assetization of Design
This article explores how financial logics and investment rationalities are intersecting with and shaping the expert discourse and practice of professional design. It uses “assetization” as a conceptual category to make sense of recent efforts to account for the value of design in financial terms. Specifically, the article provides a narrative-semiotic analysis of a report on “The Business Value of Design” published by McKinsey & Company, unfoldi…
The design-ification of future making: Uncertainty and Divination in Contemporary Business Discourse
From visioning to crafting futures? Surveying the expanding literature on future making
This article examines the increased use of the concept of “future making” within futures studies and related disciplines. Specifically, it surveys articles in this journal and charts the extra-futures studies interventions that these contributions cite. In so doing, the article explores the cross-disciplinary roots and stakes of the concept. The text suggests that the recent popularity of future making within Futures signals a new tendency within…
Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Architectural engineering (1 works) · Architecture (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Artistic and Creative Research (1 works)