Sökning: "the posthuman"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 avhandlingar innehållade orden the posthuman.

  1. 1. Monstret & människan : Paré, Deleuze och teratologiska traditioner i fransk filosofi, från renässanshumanism till posthumanism

    Författare :Jonnie Eriksson; Gunnar Broberg; Michael Azar; Anders Johansson; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; difference; materiality; the body; teratology; humanist philosophy; monstrosity; anomaly; the inhuman; Ambroise Paré; Gilles Deleuze; natural philosophy; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire; organization; the posthuman; order; affect; multiplicity; becoming; Gilles Deleuze; Ambroise Paré; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire; teratologi; humanistisk filosofi; monstruositet; anomali; kropp; materialitet; affekt; mångfald; skillnad; blivande; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; materiality; difference; the body; teratology; humanist philosophy; monstrosity; anomaly; the inhuman; Ambroise Paré; Gilles Deleuze; natural philosophy; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire; organization; the posthuman; order; affect; multiplicity; becoming;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the problem of the inhuman in relation to human nature in philosophy from antiquity to the present, highlighting the interrelationship between science and philosophy in the development of concepts of monstrosity in France from mid-sixteenth century to late twentieth century thought. By means of constraint, it focuses on Ambroise Paré (1509/10–90) and Gilles Deleuze (1925–95) as representatives of early humanism and posthumanism, respectively. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Gothic in contemporary interactive fictions

    Författare :Van Leavenworth; Heidi Hansson; Catherine Spooner; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gothic; interactive fiction; subjectivity; posthuman; unspeakable; live burial; labyrinth; uncanny; grotesque; vampire; historiographic metafiction; cybergothic; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines how themes, conventions and concepts in Gothic discourses are remediated or developed in selected works of contemporary interactive fiction. These works, which are wholly text-based and proceed via command line input from a player, include Nevermore, by Nate Cull (2000), Anchorhead, by Michael S. LÄS MER

  4. 3. det meränmänskliga museet : Konservatorns bevarandepraktik som flyktlinje i modernitetens museum

    Författare :Caroline Owman; Christina Fredengren; Märit Simonsson; Stefan Bohman; Lotten Gustafsson Reinius; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Museology; museum; modernity; conservation; conservator; curator; more-than-human; posthumanism; environmental humanities; material feminisms; anthropocentrism; agency; dualism; dichotomies; agential realism; schizoanalysis; onto-ethico-epistemology; climate change; process ontology; care; thing ethics; killable creatures; invasive species; ecology; time; rhythm; alternative temporalities; intra-generational; Museologi; museum; modernitet; konservering; konservator; curator; more-than-human; posthumanism; miljöhumaniora; materiell feminisms; antropocentrism; agens; dualism; dikotomier; agentiell realism; schizoanalys; onto-etisk-epistemologi; klimatförändring; processontologisk; omsorg; tingetik; dödbara djur; skadedjur; ekologisk; tid; rytm; alternativa temporaliteter; intra-generationell; museology; museologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis takes the conservator as a starting point to explore more-than-human aspects of the museum of modernity. Assuming that built-in obstacles impinge when museums today deal with environmental issues‚ it investigates new and alternative perspectives on the engagement with our immediate surroundings, in this case the museum objects. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Controlling Destiny : Julian Huxley's Post-Darwinian Evolutionism and the History of Transhumanism

    Författare :Ingrid Dunér; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Julian Huxley; post-Darwinian evolutionism; transhumanism; evolutionary biology; posthuman; sociotechnical imaginaries; control; history of science; intellectual history; history of the future; Julian Huxley; post-Darwinian evolutionism; transhumanism; evolutionary biology; posthuman; sociotechnical imaginaries; control; history of science; intellectual history; history of the future;

    Sammanfattning : The evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley (1887–1975) attempted to promote a “religion for the future,” which he would come to refer to as Transhumanism. It was Huxley’s firm belief that mankind needed a unifying system of thought that could motivate action and change. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Becoming Together and Apart : technoemotions and other posthuman entanglements

    Författare :Eva Svedmark; Erik Stolterman; Anna Croon Fors; Pelle Ehn; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Technoemotions; Feminist technoscience; Posthuman theory; Onto-epistemology; Diffraction; Norm-breaking; Digital dirt; Privacy; Sharing; Self-disclosure; Stickiness; computer and systems sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Using social media and norm-breaking material as an empirical touchstone this thesis elaborates, investigates and explores the entangled relationships between humans and technology in social media settings. Guided by uncomfortable, emotional and bodily online sharing the thesis gives voice to stories that are seldom heard, by people whose lives are rarely spoken of. LÄS MER