Digital Creativity, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 34(1), P. 1 - 21
Published: Jan. 2, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the automation of creative work have received little attention in craft education. This study aimed to address this gap by exploring Finnish pre-service teachers' teacher educators' (N = 15) insights into potential benefits challenges AI, particularly text-to-image generative AI. implemented a hands-on workshop on making with AI order stimulate discourses capture imaginaries concerning The results revealed that inspired teachers consider unique nature crafts as well tensions tradeoffs adopting practices. identified concerns data-driven design, including algorithmic bias, copyright violations black-boxing creativity, power relationships, hybrid influencing behaviour engineering. article concludes discussion complicated relationships uncovered between
Language: Английский
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112What Future for the Sociology of Futures? Visions, Concepts and Methods
Sociology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 57(2), P. 263 - 278
Published: April 1, 2023
Questions about the future, and futurelessness, have attracted wide-ranging attention in recent years. Our article explores what Sociology offers. We reflect on apparent contradiction that future was bracketed off from discipline its early history, yet also offers rich theoretical, methodological empirical resources for futures research. demonstrate this through an analysis of contributions to Special Issue, each which draws explicitly Sociological theories methods consider a range fields. Finally, we explore further developments necessary Future. argue can should be more directly involved claiming might be, materialising these claims. This means moving beyond – as distinct set towards expansive engagement with other future-making actors. may challenge change but key future.
Language: Английский
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17Generative Artificial Intelligence in Collaborative Ideation: Educational Insight From Fashion Students
IEEE Access, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12, P. 49261 - 49274
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Image-generating AI provides diverse sources for ideation in fashion design education. This study explores how collaborative with influences image thinking and creativity a changing media environment. The research method employed workshops in-depth interviews 10 students. findings reveal that through visual expansion, exploration of its applicability fashion, identifying lack sociocultural understanding identity idea combination. Collaborative emphasizes creative properties, such as originality, fluency, flexibility. results workshops, evaluated by experts, indicate higher originality novelty compared to the control group. imply various factors, individual aesthetic presence brands, contribute ideation. Therefore, AI, rather than relying solely on tools, it is essential perceive approach them auxiliary tools. contributes elucidating students' attributes ideation, highlighting impact AI.
Language: Английский
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4Vibes-based methods
Qualitative Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 12, 2025
Vibes are having a moment and academics seem increasingly serious about understanding whatever the vibe is. Many qualitative methodological approaches already very vibey. This is especially true of those that engage with affects atmospheres, social sociotechnical imaginaries, materialisms more-than-human. In this article, I reflect on these outline some vibes-based methods. discuss how methods help us consider work generative ambiguities life.
Language: Английский
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0Datafied ageing futures: Regimes of anticipation and participatory futuring
Big Data & Society, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(1)
Published: Jan. 15, 2025
With this paper we join others in their call to resist and challenge regimes of anticipations that suggest our futures are inevitably linked certain imaginaries about data-driven systems. The future is not simply happening but made now – through anticipation shape expectations, imaginaries, visions hypes, define what thinkable desirable. Who or able claim the an exercise power a matter social justice. However, current circulating datafied often determined by powerful actors such as states technology companies. In paper, explore how might open up futures-making different people relation ageing. Central question whether can actually think (and imagine) outside around increasing spread relevance systems and/or ageist assumptions ‘fix’ problem demographic We draw on data from series design fiction workshops with older adults, civil society organisations servants Germany, Austria UK. Our analysis explores participatory futuring allow participants own technologies ageing societies that, due ‘discursive closure’, may lead radically imaginaries.
Language: Английский
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0Imagination workshops as a creative method for exploring the sociomaterial dimensions of privacy
Qualitative Market Research An International Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 22, 2025
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce imagination workshops as a creative method for studying privacy from sociomaterial perspective. incorporate element – the game into traditional focus group setting. role-playing card that involves participants imagining scenarios set in future. Design/methodology/approach workshop illustrated through an empirical study exploring imaginaries future smart home. encompasses five with total 46 participants. Findings findings application highlight its strengths uncovering thoughts and feelings related human–data relations might be difficult attain more conventional methods, such affective responses dilemmas. By combining collaborative activity, less taken-for-granted ideas can tapped into. Originality/value contributes consumer research by introducing novel qualitative privacy. drawing new materialism perspective, bring light dimensions extend beyond mere cognitive decision-making processes. In way, applied reveal dynamic visceral nature construct. addition research, provides ample opportunities diverse contexts interested technological futures.
Language: Английский
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0Everyday laboratories: Collective Speculation and Energy Futures
Futures, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 103594 - 103594
Published: March 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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0SPECIAL ISSUE INTRODUCTION: Everyday Digital Energy Futures
Futures, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 103598 - 103598
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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0Design anthropological foresighting: Reframing automated futures
Futures, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 154, P. 103275 - 103275
Published: Oct. 27, 2023
This article introduces design anthropological foresighting. It does so through the example of automated futures and demonstrates how this approach can be applied to investigate, understand reframe dominant assumptions about people will live with emerging technologies energy systems in possible futures. In doing we: outline theoretical methodological principles foresighting, implications has for understanding futures; exemplify our a discussion research into digital demonstrate reframing practice. We propose that foresighting adds new layers empirical analytical knowledge practice invite researchers join us developing it further.
Language: Английский
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8ChatGPT and imaginaries of the future of education: insights of Finnish teacher educators
Information and Learning Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Aug. 9, 2024
Purpose In 2022 generative AI took the Internet world by storm. Free access to tools that can generate text and images pass for human creations triggered fiery debates about potential uses misuses of in education. There has risen a need check popular utopian dystopian narratives against diversity hopes, concerns future imaginaries educators themselves associate with AI. The purpose this study is investigate perspectives Finnish teacher on use Design/methodology/approach This article reports findings from hands-on workshop training, where participants learned how works, collaboratively explored then reflected its challenges. Findings results reveal nuanced, calm thoughtful rooted deep understanding educational policy, evaluation sociocultural context cover teachers’ views impact learners’ agency, metacognition, self-regulation more. Originality/value offers unique exploration into perceptions regarding specific (instead “monolithic AI”), moving beyond instead focusing align existing pedagogical practices. contrasted common techno-deterministic perceived as an avenue support formative assessment practices development self-regulation, responsibility well-being. novel insights also include education critically incorporates social ethical viewpoints fosters visions culturally, socially environmentally sustainable
Language: Английский
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