Forlano, Laura

Cyborg (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

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ISBN 13:: 9780262547550
author:: Forlano, Laura
format:: Paperback
publisher:: MIT Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2024
Pages:: 224
Dimensions:: 17.8 x 12.6 x 1.8 centimetres (0
Genre:: Nonfiction, Politics, Freedom & Security,
Condition:: New
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Cyborg: A Critical Approach to Technology and Humanity This book introduces a critical perspective on cyborg theory, examining how technology is situated within politics and embodiment. It provides a framework for analyzing emerging technologies such as automation, robots, and AI. Drawing on the authors' combined expertise in social sciences, design, and engineering education, Cyborg offers an approach called critical cyborg literacy. This approach foregrounds power dynamics and considers how social and cultural factors shape our relationship with technology. The book explores whether modern technologies make us all cyborgs, and what this means for areas such as engineering, art, healthcare, and the humanities. By examining perspectives from critical race, feminist, and disability thinkers, Cyborg charts a path forward for cyborg theory in the 21st century.

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