{"product_id":"uncertainty-by-design-9781501762468","title":"Uncertainty by Design","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncertainty by Design\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Limor Samimian-Darash presents cases of the use of scenario technology in the fields of security and emergency preparedness, energy, and health by analyzing scenario narratives and practices at the National Emergency Management Authority in Israel, the World Health Organization''s Regional Office for Europe, and the World Energy Council. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumankind has long struggled with the uncertainty of the future, with how to foresee the future, imagine alternatives, or prepare for and guard against undesirable eventualities. Scenarioor scenario planningemerged in recent decades to become a widespread means through which states, large corporations, and local organizations imagine and prepare for the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scenario technology cases examined in \u003ci\u003eUncertainty by Design\u003c\/i\u003e provide a useful lens through which to view contemporary efforts to engage in an overall journey of discovering the future, along with the modality of gove\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Uncertainty, Scenarios, and the Future\u003cbr\u003e 1. Chronicity: The Problematization of Scenario Thinking\u003cbr\u003e 2. Narrative-Building: Imagining Plausible Futures\u003cbr\u003e 3. Exercising: Practicing the Unexpected\u003cbr\u003e 4. Subjectivation: Embracing Uncertainty\u003cbr\u003e 5. Simulations: Possibilities and Responses\u003cbr\u003e 6. Scenarios, Temporality, and Uncertainty\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions and Critical Limitations\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Scenarios and the Dynamics between Science and Imagination\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409358037335,"sku":"9781501762468","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501762468.jpg?v=1730506539","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uncertainty-by-design-9781501762468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}