Towards the evolutions and revolutions in future research

Marco Bevolo and Nick Price

This paper proposes a social networking and action research approach to futures research in a time of transformative paradigmatic change.

Towards the evolutions and revolutions in future research

Marco Bevolo and Nick PricePhilips Design, Netherlands

INTRODUCTION

Paradigmatic changes within commercial industries call for a review of the needs and possibilities of futures research. Historical scientific developments of semiotics, social psychology and art criticism offer a platform to reconsider the role of the futures researcher in the context of change such as this. Underpinning this is the proposition that the exploration of the respective qualitative methodologies from the fields of Future Studies and Designers, in a truly multidisciplinary dialogue, might offer fruitful opportunities to sense, envision and validate...

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