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Summary
Anticipatory governance builds societal capacity to manage emerging technologies like nanotechnology. Including diverse voices in technology foresight can help steer innovation toward more humane outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Science and Technology Studies
- Sociology of Science
- Public Policy
Background:
- Anticipatory governance aims to proactively manage emerging knowledge-based technologies.
- It involves developing capacities for foresight, engagement, and integration.
- Reflective practices are encouraged among scientists, engineers, policymakers, and the public.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the early history of the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
- To explicate anticipatory governance by exploring its term's genealogy.
- To address critiques of anticipatory governance in the literature.
Main Methods:
- Historical review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
- Conceptual analysis of anticipatory governance.
- Literature review of critiques and counterarguments.
Main Results:
- Critiques question anticipatory governance's proximity to indistinct objects (nanotechnology), naive publics, and technoscience's inherent hubris.
- The study examines the genealogy of the term 'anticipatory governance'.
- Early history of the US National Nanotechnology Initiative provides a case study.
Conclusions:
- While not complete solutions, inclusive venues and amplified voices can guide technoscience toward humane ends.
- Anticipatory governance, despite critiques, offers a framework for managing emerging technologies.
- Broader societal engagement is crucial for responsible technological development.
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