Unlocking wise digital techno-futures : Contributions from the
Degrowth community

J 2019

Unlocking wise digital techno-futures : Contributions from the Degrowth community

PANSERA, Mario; Melf-Hinrich EHLERS a Christian KERSCHNER

Základní údaje

Originální název

Unlocking wise digital techno-futures : Contributions from the Degrowth community

Autoři

PANSERA, Mario; Melf-Hinrich EHLERS a Christian KERSCHNER

Vydání

Futures, Oxford, Elsevier, 2019, 0016-3287

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50902 Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

článek v databázi ScienceDirect

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.769

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/19:00107760

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Degrowth; Digital technologies; Convivial technologies

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 13. 12. 2019 13:16, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Many of the benefits anticipated from technology in the 1960s remain unrealized today. Alongside the optimism that drives technological development, more sceptical views that regard the promises of technology with reflection, mistrust, and even hostility, have emerged within Western societies. One such group is the Degrowth community, a heterogenous group of researchers and activists who question technological advancements that contribute to environmentally and socially harmful economic growth. In this vein, the movement critically observes the current hype surrounding digital technology, which seems to reflect a mantra of “the more digital technology, the better”. This paper presents perspectives that emerged from a dialogue among members of the Degrowth community, who were asked to imagine wise and unwise futures of digitalisation in 2068. Key concerns of unwise futures include increasing disconnection of humans from the natural environment and from one another as individuals, the use of digital technology for optimising the allocation of scarce resources to the benefit of the wealthy few, and authoritarian governance of technologies and life itself. Wise technological futures, in turn, allow people to freely access digital technologies that are convivial, just, environmentally sustainable, and guided by democratic deliberation. It remains controversial how far digital technologies and the interests and skills surrounding them can facilitate the principles of Degrowth, and the extent to which the harmful effects of digital technologies are already shaping social, ecological and technological futures. However, the dialogue clearly emphasised the need to develop more detailed socio-technological imaginaries that provide practically feasible alternatives.

Návaznosti

GA16-17978S, projekt VaV

Název: Zranitelnost a ekonomicko-energetický nexus v odvětvích hospodářství - historická, Input-Output a CGE analýza (Akronym: VE2NEX)

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Vulnerability and the Economy-Energy Nexus at the Sector Level: A Historic, Input-Output and CGE Analysis

Přiložené soubory

Unlocking_wise_digital_techno-futures.pdf

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Citovat

PANSERA, Mario; Melf-Hinrich EHLERS a Christian KERSCHNER. Unlocking wise digital techno-futures : Contributions from the Degrowth community. Futures. Oxford: Elsevier, 2019, roč. 114, December, s. 1-9. ISSN 0016-3287. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2019.102474.

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PANSERA, Mario; Melf-Hinrich EHLERS a Christian KERSCHNER. Unlocking wise digital techno-futures : Contributions from the Degrowth community. \textit{Futures}. Oxford: Elsevier, 2019, roč.~114, December, s.~1-9. ISSN~0016-3287. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2019.102474.

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