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PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262547554
ISBN-139780262547550
eBay Product ID (ePID)21060629685
Product Key Features
Book TitleCyborg
Number of Pages222 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicSocial Aspects, Human Rights, Mechanical, Robotics
GenrePolitical Science, Technology & Engineering
AuthorLaura Forlano, Danya Glabau
Book SeriesThe MIT Press Essential Knowledge Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight6.4 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-016068
Reviews"An excellent introduction to the subject and a foundational text for their notion of 'critical cyborg literacy.'" -- Urgent Futures
Table Of ContentCONTENTS: Series Foreword vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Cyborg Labor 27 3 Cyborg Bodies 55 4 Cyborg Culture 81 5 A Manifesto for Cyborgs 113 6 Troubling Cyborgs 137 7 Conclusion: Cyborg Futures 165 Glossary 179 Notes 183 Bibliography 193 Further Reading 201 Index 205
SynopsisA concise introduction to cyborg theory that examines the ways in which technology is situated, political, and embodied., A concise introduction to cyborg theory that examines the way in which technology is situated, political, and embodied. This introduction to cyborg theory provides a critical vantage point for analyzing the claims around emerging technologies like automation, robots, and AI. Cyborg analyzes and reframes popular and scholarly conversations about cyborgs from the perspective of feminist cyborg theory. Drawing on their combined decades of training, teaching, and research in the social sciences, design, and engineering education, Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau introduce an approach called critical cyborg literacy . Critical cyborg literacy foregrounds power dynamics and pays attention to the ways that social and cultural factors such as gender, race, and disability shape how technology is imagined, developed, used, and resisted. Forlano and Glabau offer critical cyborg literacy as a way of thinking through questions about the relationship between humanity and technology in areas such as engineering and computing, art and design, and health care and medicine, as well as the social sciences and humanities. Cyborg examines whether modern technologies make us all cyborgs-if we consider, for instance, the fact that we use daily technologies at work, have technologies embedded into our bodies in health care applications, or use technology to critically explore possibilities as artists, designers, activists, and creators. Lastly, Cyborg offers perspectives from critical race, feminist, and disability thinkers to help chart a path forward for cyborg theory in the twenty-first century.
LC Classification NumberTJ211.28.F67 2024
