Designing for Uncertain Futures: An Anticipatory Approach

Tim Moesgen; Antti Salovaara; Felix Anand Epp; Camilo Sanchez

doi:10.1145/3624698

Designing for Uncertain Futures: An Anticipatory Approach

Tim Moesgen^*, Antti Salovaara, Felix Anand Epp, Camilo Sanchez

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HCI and design fields must better take into account the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world where multiple factors are simultaneously shaping the future. Technologies may have unintended consequences and end up being used in unexpected futures. By being able to holistically anticipate possible futures and by studying them “in action” in prototype-based field studies, HCI and design can increase their importance in shaping futures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	36-41
Number of pages	6
Journal	Interactions
Volume	30
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3624698
Publication status	Published - Nov 2023
MoE publication type	D1 Article in a trade journal

Keywords

futures
uncertainty
design
human-computer interaction (HCI)

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