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Approaching science as a field of culture, the article discusses the possibility of broadening cultural research with tools used in designing. Various forms of speculative design are presented as an opportunity to establish a dialogue with entities from outside the academia and thus a way in which researchers may influence social imagination. While risky, as it can potentially weaken the academia’s autonomy, in a world where many human activities take place in a pre-designed and pre-programmed space, such move may prove essential to complement critical discourse.