Thailand's Foresight Landscape
Keywords:
futures studies, foresight theory, ethics, critical thinking, narrative foresightAbstract
This paper aims to depict the history of foresight programs in Thailand, their development, and current practices in proportion to the global foresight landscape and their underlying epistemologies. The objective is to bring awareness to the historical development of future studies, investigate the underlying epistemology, moral and ethical foundation within the discipline. The findings indicate that it is important to make explicit our philosophical presupposition, as it reflects on the direction of foresight practice and tool selections for foresight practitioners in Thailand.
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