Sociotechnical imaginaries […] as collectively held, institutionally stabilized, and publicly perfor…

Sheila Jasanoff — Future Imperfect: Science, Technology, and the IMaginations of Modernity

Sociotechnical imaginaries […] as collectively held, institutionally stabilized, and publicly performed visions of desirable features animated by shared understandings of forms of social life and social order attainable through and supportive of advances in science and technology.

— Sheila Jasanoff, Future Imperfect: Science, Technology, and the IMaginations of Modernity