Print Email Facebook Twitter Creating ‘Local Publics’ Title Creating ‘Local Publics’: Responsibility and Involvement in Decision-Making on Technologies with Local Impacts Author Pesch, U. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology) Huijts, N.M.A. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology; Eindhoven University of Technology) Bombaerts, Gunter (Eindhoven University of Technology) Doorn, N. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology) Hunka, Agnieszka (Research Institutes of Sweden RISE) Date 2020 Abstract This paper makes a conceptual inquiry into the notion of ‘publics’, and forwards an understanding of this notion that allows more responsible forms of decision-making with regards to technologies that have localized impacts, such as wind parks, hydrogen stations or flood barriers. The outcome of this inquiry is that the acceptability of a decision is to be assessed by a plurality of ‘publics’, including that of a local community. Even though a plurality of ‘publics’ might create competing normative demands, its acknowledgment is necessary to withstand the monopolization of the process of technology appraisal. The paper presents four ways in which such an appropriation of publicness takes place. The creation of dedicated ‘local publics’, in contrast, helps to overcome these problems and allows for more responsible forms of decision-making. We describe ‘local publics’ as those in which stakeholders from the different publics that are related to the process of technology implementation are brought together, and in which concerns and issues from these publics are deliberated upon. The paper will present eight conditions for increasing the effectiveness of such ‘local publics’. Subject ExpertiseLocal democracyResponsibilityTechnology appraisal To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:41513db1-2b96-4ef1-97ef-afc9be6eceab DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-020-00199-0 ISSN 1353-3452 Source Science & Engineering Ethics, 26 (4), 2215-2234 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 U. Pesch, N.M.A. Huijts, Gunter Bombaerts, N. Doorn, Agnieszka Hunka Files PDF Pesch2020_Article_Creatin ... onsibi.pdf 784.45 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:41513db1-2b96-4ef1-97ef-afc9be6eceab/datastream/OBJ/view