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Technological generalizations and leitbilder—the anticipation of technological opportunities
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 12:25 authored by Osmo Kuusi, Martin MeyerRecent national technology foresight studies as well as the Millennium Project of the American Council for the United Nations University are very much based on “nodes of discussion.” These short statements are called, e.g., topics, issues, or developments. This article provides a framework for the classification and analysis of nodes related to future technological development. Key concepts of the article are “technological generalization” and “leitbild.” The topics in the technology foresight Delphi studies can be seen as different kinds of generalizations from already realized technological developments. Leitbild is a German word. Its most general meaning is a guiding image. Like a common vision, a leitbild creates a shared overall goal, offers orientation toward one long-term overall goal, and provides a basis for different professions and disciplines to work in the same direction. The analysis of leitbilder and emerging technological paradigms might contribute to the construction of topics and issues and to the argumentation processes related to them.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeISSN
00401625Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
Issue
6Volume
69Page range
625-639Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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- Yes