{"id":8096,"date":"2026-06-10T17:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/2026\/06\/10\/article-ai-imaginaries-in-asia\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:34:36","slug":"article-ai-imaginaries-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/en\/2026\/06\/10\/article-ai-imaginaries-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] AI Imaginaries in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: Florian Schneider and Haiqing Yu<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Asiascape: Digital Asia<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/journals\/dias\/12\/1-3\/article-p7_2.xml\">https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/journals\/dias\/12\/1-3\/article-p7_2.xml<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abstract<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This introduction to the <em>Asiascape: Digital Asia<\/em> special issue on AI imaginaries in Asia discusses how people imagine the role of technology in their societies. It reviews how scholarship has made sense of such \u2018social imaginaries\u2019 and their relevance before proposing that research move beyond dominant epistemologies and socio-technical imaginaries to examine Asia as a site for technological innovation and alternative futures.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It asks how actors from the region \u2013 so often cast in American and European fantasies about technology as the exotic \u2018Other\u2019 \u2013 envision their own AI futures. The article offers an overview of the ten contributions to this special issue and concludes with an appeal for policy makers and practitioners to engage with local narratives, affective expectations, and value systems that are rooted in specific language and cultural contexts so that they can better engage with users, particularly those who need help the most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Florian Schneider and Haiqing Yu Source: Asiascape: Digital Asia Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/journals\/dias\/12\/1-3\/article-p7_2.xml\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/journals\/dias\/12\/1-3\/article-p7_2.xml<\/a> Abstract This introduction to the Asiascape: Digital Asia special issue on AI imaginaries in Asia discusses how people imagine the role of technology in their societies. It reviews how scholarship has made sense of such \u2018social imaginaries\u2019 and their relevance before proposing that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145170531,"featured_media":6534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[776957933],"tags":[776958331,776958313,776958076],"class_list":["post-8096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category--en","tag-ai","tag-asian-studies","tag-newsroom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/typesetter.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/article.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pai6UY-26A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8089,"url":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/en\/2026\/06\/09\/article-betting-on-uncertain-futures-sociotechnical-imaginaries-of-ai-and-varieties-of-techno-developmentalism-in-asia\/","url_meta":{"origin":8096,"position":0},"title":"[Article] Betting on (Un)certain Futures: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI and Varieties of Techno-developmentalism in Asia","author":"\u624b\u6c11\u51fa\u7248\u793e","date":"09\/06\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Hiu-Fung Chung Source: Information, Communication & Society Link: https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/1369118X.2025.2535427 Abstract The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has prompted governments worldwide to formulate national strategies. 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