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Accepted Paper:
Beyond the Plausible and Possible: Cybersalon's use of near-future fiction in their research, policy development and public engagement activities.
Benjamin Greenaway
(Cybersalon)
The year-long horizon scanning project, ‘Tales from the Cyber Salon’ was a series of experimental communication and research workshops, tied to public events. This paper documents the project, details our methodology and shares key outcomes and discoveries in the use of speculative fiction.
Paper long abstract:
The year-long horizon scanning project, ‘Tales from the Cyber Salon’ was a series of experimental communication and research workshops, tied to public events, by the think-tank Cybersalon.org. This paper documents the project, details our methodology and shares key outcomes and discoveries in the use of speculative fiction for research, policy development and public engagement in the technologisation of Health Care, High Street Renewal, Community and Representation, and Digital Money. Cybersalon.org works to address the process and effect of the digital revolution and to document its emerging digital cultures. Our members and audiences include entrepreneurs, technologists, hackers, activists, government officials, business and community leaders, academics, artists, creatives, and designers.