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concept: posthumanism Posthumanism is a philosophical concept that explores and debates the possibility
for evolution beyond the notion of humanism.
Postmodernism has been concerned with the concept of the posthuman because it questions
assumptions underlying the human as
a category. Posthumanism probes ideas like (im)mortality, invincibility, and
embodiment. When discussing the notion of
technology forming prosthetic extensions for humans, posthumanism is often
discussed in combination with cyborg theory. Click> 11/23/08 > Eyeborg > Rob
Spence, documentary film maker, and Steve Mann, wearable computer inventor
team up to create an “eyecam” prothestic eye that contains a video camera for
Spence who lost his eye at the age of eleven.
> Ian McGrenaghan writes in a Torontoist
article “The two
[are] develop[ing] a prosthetic eye that will contain a wireless video
camera and they're now two months away from their first prototype. . . Spence plans on using it to shoot a film
dealing with the intersection of surveillance and humanity he's developing
with the National Film Board of Canada”. Spence’s blog is at Eyeborg. 5/15/08 > Sarcos suit
> The real Iron Man “Everybody likes the idea of being a
superhero, and this is all about expanding the capabilities of a human, said Stephen
Jacobsen, chief designer of the Sarcos suit.” CNN article. 01/01/1999 > Book: How
We Became Posthuman by N. Katherine Hayles charts posthumanism in a historical and
literary context explaining how information “lost the body” . |
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