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Knowledge creation and mobility in and through futures workshops
Author(s) -
Heino Hanna
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
futures and foresight science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2573-5152
DOI - 10.1002/ffo2.63
Subject(s) - futures contract , citizen journalism , knowledge creation , knowledge management , futures studies , process (computing) , empirical evidence , empirical research , business , sociology , computer science , marketing , epistemology , world wide web , finance , philosophy , artificial intelligence , downstream (manufacturing) , operating system
Participatory futures workshops are commonly used to create future‐oriented knowledge. It is essential to understand how to manage futures knowledge to benefit from it and utilize it; however, it is unclear how the knowledge creation process is developed in futures workshops and how the created futures knowledge is mobilized by participants. These questions were answered by an empirical study using participant observation and interview methods. The results showed that futures knowledge is socially constructed through several processes, but individually interpreted, and that individual understanding and personal contacts are vital for knowledge mobilization.