"Natural-Born Cyborgs": Becoming Posthuman in Bio- and Cybertech Ustopias.
Through a detour into the eruption conditions of what might be termed "techno-humanity," this paper explores the effects on the contemporary narrative imaginary of a double-edged collective impulse towards figurations of the future as the consequence of the present. Following Margaret Atwood, whose...
| Publicado en: | Ekphrasis (2067-631X) Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 142 - 159 |
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Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television
2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=100652515&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 100652515 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 2067631X H6D0 jtl: Ekphrasis (2067-631X) issn: 2067631X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2014 vid: 12 iid: 2 pid: 91118 pub: Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television artinfo: ui: 100652515 ppf: 142 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.8MB tig: atl: "Natural-Born Cyborgs": Becoming Posthuman in Bio- and Cybertech Ustopias. aug: au: BORBELY, Carmen-Veronica POPA PETRAR, Petronia affil: Babeș-Bolyai University su: Mitchell, David Stephen, 1969- Dystopias Art & literature Posthumanism Postmodernism (Philosophy) sug: subj: Mitchell, David Stephen, 1969- Dystopias Art & literature Posthumanism Postmodernism (Philosophy) keyword: biotech ustopia cybertech ustopia drift natural-born cyborg posthuman ab: Through a detour into the eruption conditions of what might be termed "techno-humanity," this paper explores the effects on the contemporary narrative imaginary of a double-edged collective impulse towards figurations of the future as the consequence of the present. Following Margaret Atwood, whose "MaddAddam" series of post-apocalyptic novels are paired with two recent productions by David Mitchell (Ghostwritten and The Bone Clocks), we investigate this contradictory impulse (associated with a particular set of novelistic conventions) of "ustopia," emerging from the reciprocal relation between utopian and dystopian thought. Given the current insistence on "posthuman" definitions of subjectivity, we postulate that ustopias cast a privileged light on the dominant mode of the "technopoiesis" that seems to inform the digital universe, and therefore on the co-evolution of technics and humanity, which we approach from the complementary perspectives of "bio-" and "cyber-" instrumentalizations of this co-evolution. Such an approach suggests that the genre of ustopia, rather than being dismissed as mere fantasy or as a consumerist recycling of the popular imaginary, should be construed as a foray into reality, projecting an "unfuture" that ceases to be virtual insofar as its present roots hauntologically foreshadow what is to come. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Ekphrasis (2067-631X) is the property of Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Ekphrasis (2067-631X) holder: Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television dt: @attributes: year: 2014 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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