Dear list members, Apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper proposal to our Open Panel “Performative Futures: Fighting Reification Inertias through Open Anticipations” to be held in the EASST/4S conference[1] (Prague, August 18th-21st 2020). More information is included below. Please feel free to circulate this call to anyone who might be interested and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or doubts. Thanks! Best regards, Sergio Urueña, Hannot Rodríguez & Andoni Ibarra *** OPEN PANEL - “PERFORMATIVE FUTURES: FIGHTING REIFICATION INERTIAS THROUGH OPEN ANTICIPATIONS” (EASST/4S) ABSTRACT Science and technology practices are crucially shaped by representations of “the future”. Expectations, socio-technical imaginaries and techno-visions are constitutive elements in the de facto epistemic-political governance of research and innovation. Some scholars (e.g., van Lente, 2006; Jasanoff and Kim, 2015; Konrad and Palavicino, 2017; Lösch, 2017) as well as certain research policy frameworks (e.g., technology assessment, anticipatory governance, RRI) have emphasized this performative character of futures by approaching it as an object of responsibility. This intellectual endeavor has been especially fruitful in relation to the visualization and critique of existing reification inertias. That is to say, the frames, regulations, commitments, feelings and so on, orienting and constraining (i.e., reifying, or closing-down) the processes, outcomes and ends of research and innovation practices. This panel aims to explore the theoretical and practical possibilities of developing interventive anticipatory resources capable of instrumentalizing “the future” in more open, inclusive and reflexive ways. Some POTENTIAL QUESTIONS include: * To what extent are anticipatory narratives and practices within research and innovation policy systems open, inclusive and reflexive? * What constraining/enabling roles do socio-technical expectations, imaginaries and techno-visions of “the future” play in research and innovation practices? * What potentials and limits do anticipatory methods (e.g., scenario-building, science-fiction prototyping, technology roadmapping, etc.) display with regard to reflexivity and de-reifying dynamics? * How is/should the epistemic-political quality of open anticipatory practices be enacted and/or assessed? * What role and relevance does anticipatory governance display in relation to more recent policy frameworks such as RRI and “Open Science”? SUBMISSION The panel is open to all disciplines, approaches and methods. We welcome researchers, practitioners and students. If you are interested in participating in our Open Panel, please submit your proposal for an oral presentation (max. 250 words abstract, including the paper’s main arguments, methods and contribution) by logging into the Programme website (https://admin.allacademic.com/one/ssss/ssss20/) with your 4S credentials, selecting “Papers for Open Panels” and clicking in the Open Panel No. 132. _Deadline_: FEBRUARY 29TH, 2020. Vínculos: --------- [1] https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/