Vision as make-believe: how narratives and models represent sociotechnical futures
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Responsible Innovation
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2329-9460,2329-9037
DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2020.1853395