Bibliograph

Uncertainty by design, preparing for the future with scenario technology, Limor Samimian-Darash

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Uncertainty by design, preparing for the future with scenario technology, Limor Samimian-Darash

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Uncertainty by design

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Limor Samimian-Darash

Series statement

Expertise: cultures and technologies of knowledge

Sub title

preparing for the future with scenario technology

Summary

In Uncertainty by Design Limor Samimian-Darash presents cases of the use of scenario technology in the fields of security and emergency preparedness, energy, and health by analyzing scenario narratives and practices at the National Emergency Authority (NEMA) in Israel, the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe), and the World Energy Council. Humankind has long struggled with the uncertainty of the future, with how to foresee the future, imagine alternatives, or prepare for and guard against undesirable eventualities. Scenario-or scenario planning-emerged in recent decades to become a widespread means through which states, large corporations, and local organizations imagine and prepare for the future. The scenario technology cases examined in Uncertainty by Design provide a useful lens through which to view contemporary efforts to engage in an overall journey of discovering the future, along with the modality of governing involved in these endeavors to face future uncertainties. Collectively, they enable us to understand in depth how scenarios express a new governing modality

Target audience

adult

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