1. Consensual (Design) Fictions: co-creating iterative use cases to define technology conceptualization
- Author
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Hernández Falagán, David|||0000-0002-9600-2304, Belsunces Gonçalves, Andreu, Koidl, Kevin, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria i Història de l'Arquitectura i Tècniques de Comunicació, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ACM - Anàlisis Crítiques de la Modernitat: Arquitectura i Ciutat
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Technological Innovations ,Technology ,Speculative design ,Design ,Disseny ,Informàtica::Aplicacions de la informàtica::Disseny assistit per ordinador [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Group work in art ,Co-creation ,Treball en equip en l'art ,Innovation ,Innovacions tecnològiques - Abstract
Design Fiction has become the basic tool with which a team of European institutions has addressed the definition of use cases for the project of a future social network called HELIOS. This article aims to showcase this experience of technological conceptualization that has used a co-creation process of speculative figurations as a methodological resource. The underlying HELIOS project-funded by the EU through the H2020 program [http://heliossocial.eu]- is a proposal for a decentralized social platform. It proposes an alternative to existing networks because of its context awareness and its connectivity based on trust and transparency. Key findings of this practice-based research show a proto-toolkit on how collaborative fictional narratives are useful in innovation processes. Moreover, it presents a procedure to deal with the complexity of not-yet-existing technologies and socio-technical scenarios. The article highlights some challenges to add ethical, political, and environmental concerns to the technology development process itself. Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::10 - Reducció de les Desigualtats Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::12 - Producció i Consum Responsables Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::9 - Indústria, Innovació i Infraestructura
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- 2021