Cyborgs@Cyberspace?

Cyborgs@Cyberspace?
Author: David Hakken
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2002-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135964122

Arguing that humans have always been technological as well as cultural beings, David Hakken calls for a fundamental rethinking of the traditional separation of anthropology and technical studies. Drawing on three decades of research on contemporary technological societies, this book outlines a fresh way of thinking about technology and offers an ethical and political response to the challenge of truly living as "cyborgs" in the age of cyberspace.

Cyborgs@Cyberspace?

Cyborgs@Cyberspace?
Author: David Hakken
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2002-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135964130

Arguing that humans have always been technological as well as cultural beings, David Hakken calls for a fundamental rethinking of the traditional separation of anthropology and technical studies. Drawing on three decades of research on contemporary technological societies, this book outlines a fresh way of thinking about technology and offers an ethical and political response to the challenge of truly living as "cyborgs" in the age of cyberspace.

Cybersexualities

Cybersexualities
Author: Jenny Wolmark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1999
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Cyberspace, the cyborg and cyberpunk have given feminists new imaginative possibilities for thinking about embodiment and identity in relation to technology. This is the first anthology of the key essays on these potent metaphors. Divided into three sections (Technology, Embodiment and Cyberspace; Cybersubjects: Cyborgs and Cyberpunks; Cyborg Futures), the book addresses different aspects of the human-technology interface. The extensive introduction surveys the ways cyborg and cyberspace metaphors have been used in relation to current critical theory and indicates the context for the specific essays. This is an invaluable guide for students studying any aspects of contemporary theory and culture.* Brings together in a unique collection the work of key authors in feminist and cyber theory* Demonstrates the wide range of contemporary critical work* Challenges constructions of gender, race and class* An extensive introduction surveys the ways cyborg and cyberspace metaphors have been used in relation to current critical theory* Brief section introductions indicate the context for the specific essays

Cyborg Mind

Cyborg Mind
Author: Calum MacKellar
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 178920111X

With the development of new direct interfaces between the human brain and computer systems, the time has come for an in-depth ethical examination of the way these neuronal interfaces may support an interaction between the mind and cyberspace. In so doing, this book does not hesitate to blend disciplines including neurobiology, philosophy, anthropology and politics. It also invites society, as a whole, to seek a path in the use of these interfaces enabling humanity to prosper while avoiding the relevant risks. As such, the volume is the first extensive study in cyberneuroethics, a subject matter which is certain to have a significant impact in the 21st century and beyond.

Monsters, Goddesses and Cyborgs

Monsters, Goddesses and Cyborgs
Author: Nina Lykke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1996-06-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

It is divided into four sections covering science as a whole, the new technologies of the postmodern era, bio-medical discourses, and nature. A distinguished cast of contributors explores the central feminist concerns in each arena, through the central metaphors of monster, mother goddess and cyborg. They look at the consequences of gynogenesis, postmodern eco-buddhism in heathcare, sexual violence in cyberspace, the postmodernization of menopause, the dolphin as androgyne and feminist environmentalism.

The Knowledge Landscapes of Cyberspace

The Knowledge Landscapes of Cyberspace
Author: David Hakken
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2004-03-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135944032

How is knowledge produced and used in cyberspace? David Hakken - a key figure in the anthropology of science and technology studies - approaches the study of cyberculture through the venue of knowledge production, drawing on critical theory from anthropology, philosophy and informatics (computer science) to examine how the character and social functions of knowledge change profoundly in computer-saturated environments. He looks at what informational technologies offer, how they are being employed, and how they are tied to various agendas and forms of power. Knowledge Landscapes will be essential for both social scientists and cultural studies scholars doing research on cyberculture.

Cyberspace/Cyberbodies/Cyberpunk

Cyberspace/Cyberbodies/Cyberpunk
Author: Mike Featherstone
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 287
Release: 1996-01-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1848609140

How can we interpret cyberspace? What is the place of the embodied human agent in the virtual world? This innovative collection examines the emerging arena of cyberspace and the challenges it presents for the social and cultural forms of the human body. It shows how changing relations between body and technology offer new arenas for cultural representations. At the same time, the contributors examine the realities of human embodiment and the limits of virtual worlds. Topics examined include: technological body modifications, replacements and prosthetics; bodies in cyberspace, virtual environments and cyborg culture; cultural representations of technological embodiment in visual and literary productions; and cyberpunk science fiction as a pre-figurative social and cultural theory.

Reality Squared

Reality Squared
Author: James Friedman
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780813529899

Reality-based television has come to play a major role in both production decisions and network strategy. This text examines the representation of reality within the televisual viewing frame, as well as the exponential growth of these programmes.

How Like a Leaf

How Like a Leaf
Author: Donna Haraway
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2013-10-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 113668669X

The author of four seminal works on science and culture, Donna Haraway here speaks for the first time in a direct and non-academic voice. How Like a Leaf will be a welcome inside view of the author's thought.

A Handbook of Media and Communication Research

A Handbook of Media and Communication Research
Author: Klaus Bruhn Jensen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134589999

A Handbook of Media and Communications Research presents qualitative as well as quantitative approaches to the analysis and interpretation of media, covering perspectives from both the social sciences and the humanities. The Handbook offers a comprehensive review of earlier research and a set of guidelines for how to think about, plan, and carry out studies of media in different social and cultural contexts. Divided into sections on the history, systematics and pragmatics of research, and written by internationally acknowledged specialists in each area, the Handbook will be a standard reference work for students and researchers.