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Delft University of Technology

1. Chmielinski, Nicole (author). Transient Natures: Posthuman Landmaking at Koshkar-ata Tailings Pond.

Degree: 2019, Delft University of Technology

URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:21a593cf-acd1-4a87-afcf-ab8a30488157

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My graduation project implements a liminal ecological and infrastructural process. A remixing of territory that shakes, shifts and reorders the landscape. It is the story… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: posthuman; landscape; waste

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Chmielinski, N. (. (2019). Transient Natures: Posthuman Landmaking at Koshkar-ata Tailings Pond. (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:21a593cf-acd1-4a87-afcf-ab8a30488157

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Chmielinski, Nicole (author). “Transient Natures: Posthuman Landmaking at Koshkar-ata Tailings Pond.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:21a593cf-acd1-4a87-afcf-ab8a30488157.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Chmielinski, Nicole (author). “Transient Natures: Posthuman Landmaking at Koshkar-ata Tailings Pond.” 2019. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Chmielinski N(. Transient Natures: Posthuman Landmaking at Koshkar-ata Tailings Pond. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:21a593cf-acd1-4a87-afcf-ab8a30488157.

Council of Science Editors:

Chmielinski N(. Transient Natures: Posthuman Landmaking at Koshkar-ata Tailings Pond. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:21a593cf-acd1-4a87-afcf-ab8a30488157

2. Garcia, Ivan. The Soul and the Human Revolution in Bernard Wolfe???s Limbo .

Degree: 2013, California State University – San Marcos

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.8/338

► Studying and focusing on the works of N. Katherine Hayles and the theoretical/fictional work of Bernard Wolfe, this conceptual thesis studies the soul???s definition and… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Posthuman; Soul; Limbo; Bernard Wolfe

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Garcia, I. (2013). The Soul and the Human Revolution in Bernard Wolfe???s Limbo . (Thesis). California State University – San Marcos. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10211.8/338

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Garcia, Ivan. “The Soul and the Human Revolution in Bernard Wolfe???s Limbo .” 2013. Thesis, California State University – San Marcos. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10211.8/338.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Garcia, Ivan. “The Soul and the Human Revolution in Bernard Wolfe???s Limbo .” 2013. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Garcia I. The Soul and the Human Revolution in Bernard Wolfe???s Limbo . [Internet] [Thesis]. California State University – San Marcos; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.8/338.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Garcia I. The Soul and the Human Revolution in Bernard Wolfe???s Limbo . [Thesis]. California State University – San Marcos; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.8/338

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Arizona

3. Lyons, Emily Renee. Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature .

Degree: 2018, University of Arizona

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738

► The first generation of humans to live in a world indelibly marked by industrialism came of age in the nineteenth century. Industrialism set a pace… (more)

▼ The first generation of humans to live in a world indelibly marked by industrialism came of age in the nineteenth century. Industrialism set a pace of rapid social, economic, and environmental change that would come to define the Victorian era, and that would reverberate from England throughout the entire world. The advances of the period that afforded insights into the connections between the macro and the micro in physics, biology, geology, and other branches of the natural sciences, as well as the networks of trade and communication being laid down across the globe as part of the project of imperialist expansion and exploitation, all called new attention to the entangled relations of humans, human-created institutions and technologies, and nonhuman nature. The nineteenth-century British texts that are the subject of this study engage with these entangled relations in ways that call into question what it means to be human. Since the poststructuralist turn, scholarly work on the Victorian era touching questions of human subjectivity has often emphasized how the dominant power structures of the nineteenth century—white heteropatriarchy, industrial capitalism, and imperialism—upheld a model of human subjective measured against the standard of the white able-bodied man of property, and heavily invested in enforcing rigid hierarchies of race, class, and gender. I argue that the works of literature in this study demonstrate that the category of the human has not been so narrowly defined and fixed in the Victorian imagination as has previously been supposed, but is instead profoundly unstable and porous. Human subjectivity in these texts emerges from non-linear, non-hierarchical networked relations among human and nonhuman agents, forming what I term “posthuman ecosystems.” These Victorian examples prefigure posthumanist and ecocritical discourse of the anthropocene. Advisors/Committee Members: Raval, Suresh S (advisor), Selisker, Scott (committeemember), Hurh, John P. (committeemember), Dushane, Allison (committeemember).

Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; British; Ecocriticism; Posthuman; Victorian

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Lyons, E. R. (2018). Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Arizona. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lyons, Emily Renee. “Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature .” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Arizona. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lyons, Emily Renee. “Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature .” 2018. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Lyons ER. Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Arizona; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738.

Council of Science Editors:

Lyons ER. Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Arizona; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738

University of Cambridge

4. Shakeshaft, Richard. Finding the 'human' in the 'posthuman' : the representation of the technologically enhanced posthuman in Young Adult fiction.

Degree: PhD, 2019, University of Cambridge

URL: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.35392 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.763889

► Technology has become an increasingly significant element of humans' lives in recent years, and it continues to shape them in ways hitherto only imaginable in… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: 809; posthuman; trialism; postchild

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Shakeshaft, R. (2019). Finding the 'human' in the 'posthuman' : the representation of the technologically enhanced posthuman in Young Adult fiction. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Cambridge. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.35392 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.763889

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Shakeshaft, Richard. “Finding the 'human' in the 'posthuman' : the representation of the technologically enhanced posthuman in Young Adult fiction.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Cambridge. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.35392 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.763889.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Shakeshaft, Richard. “Finding the 'human' in the 'posthuman' : the representation of the technologically enhanced posthuman in Young Adult fiction.” 2019. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Shakeshaft R. Finding the 'human' in the 'posthuman' : the representation of the technologically enhanced posthuman in Young Adult fiction. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Cambridge; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.35392 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.763889.

Council of Science Editors:

Shakeshaft R. Finding the 'human' in the 'posthuman' : the representation of the technologically enhanced posthuman in Young Adult fiction. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Cambridge; 2019. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.35392 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.763889

University of Southern Mississippi

5. Wolverton, Mary Elizabeth. "There was No Sign of Man in It": Casting Dracula as Posthuman and Valuing the Progressive Vampire.

Degree: MA, English, 2017, University of Southern Mississippi

URL: https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/306

► Although not an immediate commercial success, Dracula has since become a seminal example of Gothic horror at the fin-de-siècle, leading not only to film,… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Dracula; transhuman; posthuman; evolution; Darwin; vampire

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Wolverton, M. E. (2017). "There was No Sign of Man in It": Casting Dracula as Posthuman and Valuing the Progressive Vampire. (Masters Thesis). University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/306

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Wolverton, Mary Elizabeth. “"There was No Sign of Man in It": Casting Dracula as Posthuman and Valuing the Progressive Vampire.” 2017. Masters Thesis, University of Southern Mississippi. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/306.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Wolverton, Mary Elizabeth. “"There was No Sign of Man in It": Casting Dracula as Posthuman and Valuing the Progressive Vampire.” 2017. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Wolverton ME. "There was No Sign of Man in It": Casting Dracula as Posthuman and Valuing the Progressive Vampire. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Southern Mississippi; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/306.

Council of Science Editors:

Wolverton ME. "There was No Sign of Man in It": Casting Dracula as Posthuman and Valuing the Progressive Vampire. [Masters Thesis]. University of Southern Mississippi; 2017. Available from: https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/306

University of Exeter

6. Hubbard, Ruth. Self beyond self/lost in practice : surveillance, appearance and posthuman possibilities for critical selfhood in children's services in England.

Degree: Thesis (EdD), 2014, University of Exeter

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18821

► The selfhood of social professionals in children’s services is under-researched, and where the primary focus is on practice ‘outcomes’. Informed by a critical social policy… (more)

▼ The selfhood of social professionals in children’s services is under-researched, and where the primary focus is on practice ‘outcomes’. Informed by a critical social policy frame this thesis focuses on the selfhood of social professionals in children’s services to ask how it might, or might not, be possible to think, and do, self differently. I bring into play a critical posthumanist (non-sovereign) becoming self alongside, and in relation to, the other ‘allowed’ or ‘prescribed’ selves of neo-liberalism, professional practice and (critical) social policy itself. Utilising theoretical resources, in particular from Arendt, Deleuze and Guattari, and Foucault, I characterise this as thinking with both ‘surveillance’ and ‘appearance’, and self as an explicitly political project. In a post-structural frame I pursue a post-methodological rhizomatic and cartographic methodology that aims to open up proliferations in thinking and knowledge rather than foreclose it to one clear answer, and where I also draw on a small number of interviews with experienced professionals and managers in children’s services. A rhizomatic figure of thought involves irreducible and multiple relations that are imbricated on the surface; it is a flattened picture where theory, data, researcher, participants and analysis are not separate, where all connections are part of an overall picture, and in movement. I argue that social professionals occupy a deeply striated landscape for being/knowing/practising, a particular ontological grid that tethers their selfhood to the pre-existing, and to intensifications in a neo-liberal project. Here, ‘rearranging the chairs’ becomes more of the same, where the sovereign humanist subject is “a normative frame and an institutionalised practice” (Braidotti, 2013, p.30). In thinking otherwise, beyond traditional critical theory, a posthuman lens draws attention to the ways in which we might be/live both inside and outside of the already existing and where we become with others, human and non-human in shifting assemblages. However, the self prescribed and prefigured in dominant discourses constitute the historical preconditions from which experiments in self, and other possibilities may emerge. Practices of de-familiarisation, a radical, non-linear relationality, and a hermeneutics of situation are suggested as strategies for thinking forward, for appearance, and a self beyond self.

Subjects/Keywords: 362.71; posthuman; children's services; selfhood; professional identity

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APA (6^th Edition):

Hubbard, R. (2014). Self beyond self/lost in practice : surveillance, appearance and posthuman possibilities for critical selfhood in children's services in England. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Exeter. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18821

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hubbard, Ruth. “Self beyond self/lost in practice : surveillance, appearance and posthuman possibilities for critical selfhood in children's services in England.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Exeter. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18821.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hubbard, Ruth. “Self beyond self/lost in practice : surveillance, appearance and posthuman possibilities for critical selfhood in children's services in England.” 2014. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Hubbard R. Self beyond self/lost in practice : surveillance, appearance and posthuman possibilities for critical selfhood in children's services in England. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Exeter; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18821.

Council of Science Editors:

Hubbard R. Self beyond self/lost in practice : surveillance, appearance and posthuman possibilities for critical selfhood in children's services in England. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Exeter; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18821

Queens University

7. Cork, Stephanie. From Prometheus to Pistorius: a Genealogy of Physical Ability .

Degree: Sociology, 2011, Queens University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6735

(Fragile Frames + Monstrosities)ModernWar + (Flagged Bodies + Cyborgs)PostmodernWar = dis-AbilityCyborged

Subjects/Keywords: Technology ; Cyborgy Theory ; Disability ; Posthuman ; War ; Military

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Cork, S. (2011). From Prometheus to Pistorius: a Genealogy of Physical Ability . (Thesis). Queens University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6735

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Cork, Stephanie. “From Prometheus to Pistorius: a Genealogy of Physical Ability .” 2011. Thesis, Queens University. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6735.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Cork, Stephanie. “From Prometheus to Pistorius: a Genealogy of Physical Ability .” 2011. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Cork S. From Prometheus to Pistorius: a Genealogy of Physical Ability . [Internet] [Thesis]. Queens University; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6735.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Cork S. From Prometheus to Pistorius: a Genealogy of Physical Ability . [Thesis]. Queens University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6735

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Louisiana State University

8. Casper, Kevin Michael. In spite of yourself : the asignifying force of humor and laughter.

Degree: PhD, English Language and Literature, 2013, Louisiana State University

URL: etd-07082013-143714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1142

► In Spite of Yourself: The Asignifying Force of Humor and Laughter calls upon the interruptive moments of uncontrollable laughter to challenge rhetoric’s historical treatment of… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: force; posthuman; poststructural; postmodern; laughter; rhetoric

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Casper, K. M. (2013). In spite of yourself : the asignifying force of humor and laughter. (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University. Retrieved from etd-07082013-143714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1142

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Casper, Kevin Michael. “In spite of yourself : the asignifying force of humor and laughter.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University. Accessed January 25, 2021. etd-07082013-143714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1142.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Casper, Kevin Michael. “In spite of yourself : the asignifying force of humor and laughter.” 2013. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Casper KM. In spite of yourself : the asignifying force of humor and laughter. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: etd-07082013-143714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1142.

Council of Science Editors:

Casper KM. In spite of yourself : the asignifying force of humor and laughter. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2013. Available from: etd-07082013-143714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1142

California State University – San Bernardino

9. Garcia, Rebecca Ann. COMING OUT OF THE COFFIN AS THE POSTHUMAN: POSTHUMAN RHETORIC AND HARRIS’ SOOKIE STACKHOUSE SERIES.

Degree: MAin English Composition, English, 2016, California State University – San Bernardino

URL: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/400

► In this article, I argue that the vampires in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels illustrate clearly the posthuman self in its connection beyond itself… (more)

▼ In this article, I argue that the vampires in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels illustrate clearly the posthuman self in its connection beyond itself to other vampires, humans, and non-humans. Learning to co-exist becomes problematic in Harris’ series, where we encounter a “new” representation of vampire. These vampires have come out of the coffin, and their revelation allows us to explore how they can be viewed in connection to the human world and how their transcendence can be seen as a move toward posthumanism, as its particular blend of body and community help demonstrate what the self expanded could be. As a species that differs from us “typical” humans and yet must co-exist with us and other non-humans, the posthuman provides a theoretical framework for how we can approach this new representation as a disembodied non-unitary subject. Through their transcendence from the world of the living to the life of the undead, these vampires let us see humanity as a distinct moment in evolution that is a continuous process, not a resolution. There are six areas where we see these common characteristics between posthumanism and Harris’ vampires. The first is the vampire being represented as an other. Like the posthuman, Harris’ vampires are juxtaposed against the human population and because vampires are marked as other this creates tension where they must co-exist with humans and yet still be examined from an anthropocentric perspective. Another way the posthuman allows us to interpret this fear of vampires is from the position of the de-centered human. Because humans prior to the “great revelation” in Harris’ fictional world, believed themselves to be what defined humanism versus their non-human others; they must shift in where they are located on the species podium due to vampires and that creates a fear. Another correlation is that of immortality; which is what vampires inherit when they become a member of the undead, but for the posthuman it is encoding and dematerialization that allows us to transcend these mortal bodies. This notion of disembodiment demonstrates the body being a rhetorical strategy to create an effect, such as manipulation. Since the body for the posthuman is seen as materiality and therefore they are not embedded to only exist within it, the vampire likewise is able to exploit the body in order to accomplish its purpose. Next for the posthuman, transcendence is the way they not only become immortal, but also how they move from identifying as individuals to identifying as part of a larger community. For the vampires in the Stackhouse series, their consciousness lies in their information and not in their material bodies, thus they are able to situate themselves within the larger network with other vampires, humans, and non-humans. And lastly the connection through the exchange of blood, which for the vampire is a literal connection, but for the posthuman is instead an ideal network which removes individuality. Advisors/Committee Members: Rhodes, Jacqueline.

Subjects/Keywords: vampire; Charlaine Harris; Sookie Stackhouse series; posthuman; posthuman rhetoric; posthumanism; Other English Language and Literature

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Garcia, R. A. (2016). COMING OUT OF THE COFFIN AS THE POSTHUMAN: POSTHUMAN RHETORIC AND HARRIS’ SOOKIE STACKHOUSE SERIES. (Thesis). California State University – San Bernardino. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/400

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Garcia, Rebecca Ann. “COMING OUT OF THE COFFIN AS THE POSTHUMAN: POSTHUMAN RHETORIC AND HARRIS’ SOOKIE STACKHOUSE SERIES.” 2016. Thesis, California State University – San Bernardino. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/400.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Garcia, Rebecca Ann. “COMING OUT OF THE COFFIN AS THE POSTHUMAN: POSTHUMAN RHETORIC AND HARRIS’ SOOKIE STACKHOUSE SERIES.” 2016. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Garcia RA. COMING OUT OF THE COFFIN AS THE POSTHUMAN: POSTHUMAN RHETORIC AND HARRIS’ SOOKIE STACKHOUSE SERIES. [Internet] [Thesis]. California State University – San Bernardino; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/400.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Garcia RA. COMING OUT OF THE COFFIN AS THE POSTHUMAN: POSTHUMAN RHETORIC AND HARRIS’ SOOKIE STACKHOUSE SERIES. [Thesis]. California State University – San Bernardino; 2016. Available from: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/400

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Universiteit Utrecht

10. Potgieter, S.M. The Generation of Self: Fictions of Web 2.0.

Degree: 2015, Universiteit Utrecht

URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/320843

This thesis looks at three American novels and films, released between 2001 and 2014. With perspectives ranging from technologically hopeful worldviews to dystopias, it examines how contemporary fiction explores humans, machines and their intermixture in the realm of social media. Advisors/Committee Members: Pascoe, D..

Subjects/Keywords: American literature; American film; social media; posthuman; Web 2.0

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Potgieter, S. M. (2015). The Generation of Self: Fictions of Web 2.0. (Masters Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/320843

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Potgieter, S M. “The Generation of Self: Fictions of Web 2.0.” 2015. Masters Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/320843.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Potgieter, S M. “The Generation of Self: Fictions of Web 2.0.” 2015. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Potgieter SM. The Generation of Self: Fictions of Web 2.0. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/320843.

Council of Science Editors:

Potgieter SM. The Generation of Self: Fictions of Web 2.0. [Masters Thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2015. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/320843

Universiteit Utrecht

11. Palen, T. van der. A Cyborg Autobiography: Autism & the Posthuman.

Degree: 2014, Universiteit Utrecht

URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/296350

► Autism is omnipresent in contemporary culture: it can be considered the 'zeitgeist condition.' As such, it characterises this zeitgeist, which is often theorised as moving… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Autism; Posthuman; Autobiography; Derrida; Merleau-Ponty; Deleuze; Guattari

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Palen, T. v. d. (2014). A Cyborg Autobiography: Autism & the Posthuman. (Masters Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/296350

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Palen, T van der. “A Cyborg Autobiography: Autism & the Posthuman.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/296350.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Palen, T van der. “A Cyborg Autobiography: Autism & the Posthuman.” 2014. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Palen Tvd. A Cyborg Autobiography: Autism & the Posthuman. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/296350.

Council of Science Editors:

Palen Tvd. A Cyborg Autobiography: Autism & the Posthuman. [Masters Thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2014. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/296350

University of Edinburgh

12. Barber, Jacob. Star Trek and the Anthropological Machine: Eliding Difference to Stay Human.

Degree: 2012, University of Edinburgh

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6337

► Ethical considerations have successfully transitioned from considering humans exclusively, to specific animal species, to non-human life on the planet as a whole, yet they remain… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Agamben; Anthropological Machine; Star Trek; Otherness; Difference; Cyborg; Posthuman; Haraway; Pettman

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Barber, J. (2012). Star Trek and the Anthropological Machine: Eliding Difference to Stay Human. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6337

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Barber, Jacob. “Star Trek and the Anthropological Machine: Eliding Difference to Stay Human.” 2012. Thesis, University of Edinburgh. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6337.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Barber, Jacob. “Star Trek and the Anthropological Machine: Eliding Difference to Stay Human.” 2012. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Barber J. Star Trek and the Anthropological Machine: Eliding Difference to Stay Human. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6337.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Barber J. Star Trek and the Anthropological Machine: Eliding Difference to Stay Human. [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6337

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Royal Holloway, University of London

13. Duffield, Alan. Sense of a self, emerging : nomadic trajectories in contemporary dance.

Degree: PhD, 2016, Royal Holloway, University of London

URL: https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/sense-of-a-self-emerging-nomadic-trajectories-in-contemporary-dance(1a5a51e2-4648-40b4-aff8-d5e0b32c865e).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.792559

► This thesis considers a sense of self as an emergent, embodied process in somatically oriented UK contemporary dance. Central to this examination is the physicality… (more)

▼ This thesis considers a sense of self as an emergent, embodied process in somatically oriented UK contemporary dance. Central to this examination is the physicality of the dance form, with the body as a site of discourse, supporting embodied cognition and opposing mind-body dichotomies. Proposals are made concerning the emergent, processual and nomadic trajectories of a sense of a self through dance. Conditions for a process of an emergent self are linked to ideas of presence and place, which are themselves seen as emergent, plastic, mutually dependent and sustaining. Alterity and agency both stem from and are contributory towards this process. Overall this thesis adopts a post-humanist rather than a post-modern position and uses cross-disciplinary support from writers such as Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti, Antonio Damasio and Tim Ingold, as well as from recent work in neuroscience on action understanding and how the body in action shapes the self. Regular reference is made to the work of Moshe Feldenkrais on bodily self-awareness. Consideration is given of the sometimes controversial claims made concerning the part played by mirror neuron systems. A general discussion of theoretical material and positions established from it is then further developed and interrogated using case studies of material from practitioners Rosemary Lee and Yael Flexer - in particular Lee's ideas concerning the intelligent body and Flexer's on the in-between, 'un-home' and hybridity. This is followed by an examination of original dance work made in collaboration with dancers in training, exploring embedded and embodied possibilities for an emergent self. Analysis of particular dance works is supported by material from interviews and email exchanges with practitioners and some of the dancers involved, including an investigative dialogue between the author and Jonathan Burrows. This thesis closes by drawing together trajectories established in the preceding narratives about the idea of a self, emerging within the dancer-as-nomad.

Subjects/Keywords: Contemporary Dance; Somatic; Posthuman; Neurosciences; Environment; Mind/Body

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Duffield, A. (2016). Sense of a self, emerging : nomadic trajectories in contemporary dance. (Doctoral Dissertation). Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved from https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/sense-of-a-self-emerging-nomadic-trajectories-in-contemporary-dance(1a5a51e2-4648-40b4-aff8-d5e0b32c865e).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.792559

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Duffield, Alan. “Sense of a self, emerging : nomadic trajectories in contemporary dance.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Royal Holloway, University of London. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/sense-of-a-self-emerging-nomadic-trajectories-in-contemporary-dance(1a5a51e2-4648-40b4-aff8-d5e0b32c865e).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.792559.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Duffield, Alan. “Sense of a self, emerging : nomadic trajectories in contemporary dance.” 2016. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Duffield A. Sense of a self, emerging : nomadic trajectories in contemporary dance. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Royal Holloway, University of London; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/sense-of-a-self-emerging-nomadic-trajectories-in-contemporary-dance(1a5a51e2-4648-40b4-aff8-d5e0b32c865e).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.792559.

Council of Science Editors:

Duffield A. Sense of a self, emerging : nomadic trajectories in contemporary dance. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Royal Holloway, University of London; 2016. Available from: https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/sense-of-a-self-emerging-nomadic-trajectories-in-contemporary-dance(1a5a51e2-4648-40b4-aff8-d5e0b32c865e).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.792559

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

14. Mauro Schulz de Carvalho. A máquina no trono da divindade: o pós-humanismo representado na rede.

Degree: Master, 2009, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

URL: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1150 ;

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Dentro do campo da cibercultura, podemos afirmar que existe uma série de subculturas com suas singularidades: idéias, estilos de vida, visões de mundo, rituais, etc.… (more)

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Dentro do campo da cibercultura, podemos afirmar que existe uma série de subculturas com suas singularidades: idéias, estilos de vida, visões de mundo, rituais, etc. Todas elas colaboram para a formação de um imaginário cibercultural. O conceito de pós-humanismo é um deles. Difundido em inúmeros websites que tratam desse tema, percebemos que dentro do universo da cibercultura existe um imaginário repleto de representações que retoma os discursos mítico-religiosos arcaicos, muitas vezes de forma ingênua ou não proposital. Partimos da hipótese de que esse imaginário, como tentaremos demonstrar, baseia-se na idéia de um poder quase mágico ou religioso da tecnologia como instrumento para a transcendência humana e que toma o pós-humano como um novo ser humano, muito melhor que o atual, capaz de se utilizar das tecnologias para a transcendência de suas limitações. De maneira mais pontual, acreditamos que o tipo de discurso utilizado pelas organizações transhumanistas (que propagam a idéia do pós-humanismo na internet) está permeado por tropos discursivos e metáforas que remetem ao discurso mítico-religioso. Para tal tarefa, dois websites serão analisados: A World Transhumanist Association e o Extropy Institute.

Inside the field of cyberculture, we can state that there are a series of subcultures with their singularities: ideas, lifestyles, views, rituals, etc. All of them contribute to the formation of a cybercultural imaginary. The concept of posthumanism is one of them. Broadcasted in many websites that deal with this theme, we realize that inside the universe of cyberculture exists an imaginary full of representations which resemble the archaic myth-religious discourses. We depart from the hypothesis that this imaginary, as we will try to demonstrate, is based on the idea of a religious or almost magical power of technology as an instrument for human transcendence and which sees the posthuman as a new human being, much better than the present one, capable of using technology to transcend its limitations. To be more accurate, we believe that this kind of discourse used by the transhumanist organizations (which spread the posthumanism ideas on the internet) is permeated by discursive tropes and metaphors that take back to the myth-religious discourses. For this task, two websites will be analyzed: The World Transhumanist Association and The Extropy Institute.

Advisors/Committee Members: Erick Felinto de Oliveira, Fátima Cristina Regis Martins de Oliveira, Messias Tadeu Capistrano dos Santos.

Subjects/Keywords: Cibercultura; Pós-humano; Communication; Cyberculture; Posthuman; COMUNICACAO; Sites daWeb

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Carvalho, M. S. d. (2009). A máquina no trono da divindade: o pós-humanismo representado na rede. (Masters Thesis). Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved from http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1150 ;

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Carvalho, Mauro Schulz de. “A máquina no trono da divindade: o pós-humanismo representado na rede.” 2009. Masters Thesis, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1150 ;.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Carvalho, Mauro Schulz de. “A máquina no trono da divindade: o pós-humanismo representado na rede.” 2009. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Carvalho MSd. A máquina no trono da divindade: o pós-humanismo representado na rede. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; 2009. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1150 ;.

Council of Science Editors:

Carvalho MSd. A máquina no trono da divindade: o pós-humanismo representado na rede. [Masters Thesis]. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; 2009. Available from: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1150 ;

Texas A&M University

15. Larsen, Amy Marie 1984-. Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy.

Degree: PhD, English, 2012, Texas A&M University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204

► Posthumanist rhetoric is informed by developments in the sciences and the humanities which suggest that mind and body are not distinct from each other and,… (more)

▼ Posthumanist rhetoric is informed by developments in the sciences and the humanities which suggest that mind and body are not distinct from each other and, therefore, claims of humans’ superiority over other animals based on cognitive differences may not be justified. Posthumanist rhetoric, then, seeks to re-imagine the human and its relationship to the world. Though “post-” implies after, like other “post-” terms, posthumanism also coexists with humanism. This dissertation develops a concept of posthumanist rhetoric as questioning humanist assumptions about subjectivity while remaining entangled in them. The destabilization of the human subject means that new identifications between humans and nonhumans are possible, and the ethical implications of the rhetorical strategies used to build them have yet to be worked out. Identification, a key aim of rhetoric in the theory of Kenneth Burke and others, can persuade an audience to value others. However, it can also obscure the realities of who does and does not benefit from particular arguments, particularly when animal suffering is framed as human-like trauma with psychological and cultural as well as physical effects. I argue that a posthumanist practice of rhetoric demonstrates ways of circumventing this problem by persuading readers not only to care about others, but also to understand that our ability to comprehend another’s subjectivity is limited and that acknowledging these limitations is a method of caring. his dissertation locates instances of resistance to and/or deployment of posthumanist critique in recent works of literature; identifies language commonly used in appeals that create identifications between humans and animals; and analyzes the implications of these rhetorical strategies. To that end, I have selected texts about human and animal suffering that engage particular themes of identification that recur in posthumanist rhetoric. The chapters pair texts that develop each theme differently. Most undermine human superiority as a species, but many reify the importance of certain qualities of the liberal humanist subject by granting them to nonhumans. The points of identification created between humans and nonhumans will inform how we re-imagine the human subject to account for our connections, and therefore our responsibilities, to other beings. Advisors/Committee Members: Killingsworth, Jimmie (advisor), Griffin, Robert (committee member), Palmer, Clare (committee member), Robinson, Sally (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Literature; Trauma Studies; Trauma; Identification; Animal Studies; Posthuman; Posthumanism; Rhetoric

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Larsen, A. M. 1. (2012). Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Larsen, Amy Marie 1984-. “Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Larsen, Amy Marie 1984-. “Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy.” 2012. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Larsen AM1. Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204.

Council of Science Editors:

Larsen AM1. Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204

University of California – Berkeley

16. Ferro-Murray, Ashley Sarah. Choreography in the Digital Era: Dancing the Cultural Differences of Technology.

Degree: Performance Studies, 2016, University of California – Berkeley

URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/31m8j56r

► In this dissertation I argue that body movement can produce new and transgressive physical relationships to ordinary media. To do so, I analyze artworks that… (more)

▼ In this dissertation I argue that body movement can produce new and transgressive physical relationships to ordinary media. To do so, I analyze artworks that foreground the historical, cultural, and ethnic patterns of choreographic movement. Important to this exploration is how the design, production, and dissemination of different media can foster or suppress specificity and identity from feminist, queer, disability, and postcolonial perspectives. Focusing on artists who appropriate technological production to articulate specific kinesthetic relationships to media, I identify minoritarian perspectives on technology in specific historical and cultural circumstances to complicate the universalizing tendencies of digital culture discourses. Building on the tradition of phenomenological analysis of performance and technology experimentation, Choreography in the Digital Era: Dancing the Cultural Differences of Technology expands aesthetic inquiries in the field of dance and technology to examine historical and cultural contexts. The project resides at the intersection of performance and new media, and brings history to bear on the present in order to imagine more culture- and identity-specific digital futures. International artists who make space for political and cultural perspectives at the core of this dissertation include: Lucinda Childs, John Bernd, Rachid Ouramdane, and the Electronic Disturbance Theater. These artists employ varying styles of somatic and kinesthetic engagement, which illustrates how performers and viewers interact with media devices on several levels. I examine these differences to reveal how “mediation” is in constant flux. By challenging the idea of a universal user in digital culture, this dissertation argues that mediation and its socio-cultural contexts impact the way performers move. In foregrounding this movement, my research brings forth the individual identities and cultural stories that universalist conceptions of digitality otherwise overlook.

Subjects/Keywords: Dance; Performing arts; Dance; Digital; New Media; Performance; Posthuman

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Ferro-Murray, A. S. (2016). Choreography in the Digital Era: Dancing the Cultural Differences of Technology. (Thesis). University of California – Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/31m8j56r

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ferro-Murray, Ashley Sarah. “Choreography in the Digital Era: Dancing the Cultural Differences of Technology.” 2016. Thesis, University of California – Berkeley. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/31m8j56r.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ferro-Murray, Ashley Sarah. “Choreography in the Digital Era: Dancing the Cultural Differences of Technology.” 2016. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Ferro-Murray AS. Choreography in the Digital Era: Dancing the Cultural Differences of Technology. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/31m8j56r.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Ferro-Murray AS. Choreography in the Digital Era: Dancing the Cultural Differences of Technology. [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2016. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/31m8j56r

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

17. Lawrence, David. Persons, Humans, and Machines: Ethical and Policy Dimensions of Enhancement Technologies.

Degree: 2017, University of Manchester

URL: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:309246

► The aim of this thesis is to provide an argument that enhancement technologies are a form of enablement more significant than their physical effects; rather,… (more)

▼ The aim of this thesis is to provide an argument that enhancement technologies are a form of enablement more significant than their physical effects; rather, that enhancement might be a fundamental element of humanity. This allows a refutation of the standard bioconservative position, that to increase capacity beyond that of a "normal" Homo sapiens necessarily defeats humanity, or at least nebulous aspects of it. I here argue instead that humanity is affirmed, and furthermore that enhancements are in fact inherently good, valuable, and worthwhile pursuits; on the assumption that it is, as critics of enhancements and transhumanism say, inherently good, valuable, and worthy of preservation to be human. I suggest thus that to enhance is the essence of, and the key to, the continuum of humanity. In the introduction, I set out the reasons why this type of research is increasingly necessary, namely that it is important to rationally consider the effects which new enhancement and related technologies will have on our persons and on our society. Secondly, it presents my rationales for taking liberal stances on questions such as the scope and definition of enhancement, the supposed therapy- enhancement divide, and on access to enhancement technology; in order to provide a reasoned base from which to build the core themes of the thesis. It goes on to address a number of the archetypical critical arguments against enhancement, in support of these core themes.Part II of the thesis contains the papers and delivers the main arguments in sequence- firstly, the need for the application of rationality in policymaking and commentary on bioethical concerns, and secondly the importance of considering motivation when attempting to divine the best course of action to regulate beings and technologies that we have not yet experienced, and the manner of which we cannot entirely predict. This is followed by an argument as to whether it is reasonable to treat enhanced or other purported novel beings that could result from these technologies as different from ourselves, and thus warranting such policy considerations. To accomplish this, the thesis delivers a fresh angle on the relationship between Homo sapiens sapiens, the human, and whatever is posited to supersede it, the posthuman. A central theme is the idea that humanity is a “matter of sufficiency”- an end-state for moral status, not a stepping-stone which one can be ‘post’. These arguments culminate in a contention that it is enhancement that acts as the unifying factor in our evolution and existence, and that there is therefore unlikely to be any good reason to see beings that follow the humans of today as being different in any significant way.The thesis concludes with an exploration of the progression of these themes, as well as identifying the place of my work amongst the wider academic literature around enhancement and the nature of the human. Finally, the most promising avenues for future research are explored. Advisors/Committee Members: CHAN, SARAH SW, Brazier, Margot, Harris, John, Chan, Sarah.

Subjects/Keywords: Bioethics; Human Enhancement; Personhood; Consciousness; Humanity; Human Nature; Posthuman

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Lawrence, D. (2017). Persons, Humans, and Machines: Ethical and Policy Dimensions of Enhancement Technologies. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Manchester. Retrieved from http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:309246

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lawrence, David. “Persons, Humans, and Machines: Ethical and Policy Dimensions of Enhancement Technologies.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:309246.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lawrence, David. “Persons, Humans, and Machines: Ethical and Policy Dimensions of Enhancement Technologies.” 2017. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Lawrence D. Persons, Humans, and Machines: Ethical and Policy Dimensions of Enhancement Technologies. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:309246.

Council of Science Editors:

Lawrence D. Persons, Humans, and Machines: Ethical and Policy Dimensions of Enhancement Technologies. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2017. Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:309246

Harvard University

18. Anderson Ravindran, Nichole. Exploring Posthuman Conundrums and Policy Recommendations for Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence With Sapio-Sentient Intelligences.

Degree: ALM, 2018, Harvard University

URL: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42004060

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The potential emergence of artificial general intelligence and artificial superintelligence in the unforeseen future will put humanity in the position of no longer being the… (more)

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The potential emergence of artificial general intelligence and artificial superintelligence in the unforeseen future will put humanity in the position of no longer being the most intelligent species on Earth. The general intelligences and superintelligences would have a higher probability of being conscious, sapient, and sentient or as they are referred to in this thesis as sapio-sentient intelligences or sapio-sentients. This creates a conundrum for humanity in terms of how they can best prepare for this kind of singularity event. Although humanity has no way of knowing how sapio-sentients would engage with them in the initial period of their existence, the only thing humanity would be able to control in this future scenario is how they treat them. To counter the potential existential risks sapio-sentients would instigate for humanity, present AI creators and researchers, decision theorists and philosophers are working in concert to generate and implement control measures, which would increase humanity’s likelihood of overcoming such obstacles. And yet, the elephant in the room is that the control approach is more than likely to catalyze an adverse relationship of indifference between humanity and sapio-sentients. The challenge of this study is to determine whether a strong correlation exists between the control approach and the ill treatment sapio-sentients receive due to their lack of posthuman rights and protections. Since sapio-sentient intelligences do not exist in the present world, the alternative worlds of HBO’s Westworld and AMC’s Humans was employed to study the interactions between both groups. After reviewing the data, the findings do show a strong correlation between the control approach and ill treatment due to the control approach. A potential solution is provided to counter the adverse effects of the control approach for present-day and future human–sapio-sentient interactions. Some posthuman policy recommendations are proposed for how to protect sapio-sentients and humanity during the initial-to-transition period of their emergence until a better long-term solution can be found.

International Relations

Advisors/Committee Members: Lemov, Rebecca (committee member), Bond, Doug (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Posthuman policy recommendations; futurecasting policies; science fiction prototyping

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Anderson Ravindran, N. (2018). Exploring Posthuman Conundrums and Policy Recommendations for Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence With Sapio-Sentient Intelligences. (Masters Thesis). Harvard University. Retrieved from http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42004060

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Anderson Ravindran, Nichole. “Exploring Posthuman Conundrums and Policy Recommendations for Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence With Sapio-Sentient Intelligences.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Harvard University. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42004060.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Anderson Ravindran, Nichole. “Exploring Posthuman Conundrums and Policy Recommendations for Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence With Sapio-Sentient Intelligences.” 2018. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Anderson Ravindran N. Exploring Posthuman Conundrums and Policy Recommendations for Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence With Sapio-Sentient Intelligences. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Harvard University; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42004060.

Council of Science Editors:

Anderson Ravindran N. Exploring Posthuman Conundrums and Policy Recommendations for Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence With Sapio-Sentient Intelligences. [Masters Thesis]. Harvard University; 2018. Available from: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42004060

University of Plymouth

19. Vita-More, Natasha. Life expansion : toward an artistic, design-based theory of the transhuman/posthuman.

Degree: PhD, 2012, University of Plymouth

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1182

► The thesis’ study of life expansion proposes a framework for artistic, design-based approaches concerned with prolonging human life and sustaining personal identity. To delineate the… (more)

▼ The thesis’ study of life expansion proposes a framework for artistic, design-based approaches concerned with prolonging human life and sustaining personal identity. To delineate the topic: life expansion means increasing the length of time a person is alive and diversifying the matter in which a person exists. For human life, the length of time is bounded by a single century and its matter is tied to biology. Life expansion is located in the domain of human enhancement, distinctly linked to technological interfaces with biology. The thesis identifies human-computer interaction and the potential of emerging and speculative technologies as seeding the promulgation of human enhancement that approach life expansion. In doing so, the thesis constructs an inquiry into historical and current attempts to append human physiology and intervene with its mortality. By encountering emerging and speculative technologies for prolonging life and sustaining personal identity as possible media for artistic, design-based approaches to human enhancement, a new axis is sought that identifies the transhuman and posthuman as conceptual paradigms for life expansion. The thesis asks: What are the required conditions that enable artistic, design-based approaches to human enhancement that explicitly pursue extending human life? This question centers on the potential of the study’s proposed enhancement technologies in their relationship to life, death, and the human condition. Notably, the thesis investigates artistic approaches, as distinct from those of the natural sciences, and the borders that need to be mediated between them. The study navigates between the domains of life extension, art and design, technology, and philosophy in forming the framework for a theory of life expansion. The critical approach seeks to uncover invisible borders between these interconnecting forces by bringing to light issues of sustaining life and personal identity, ethical concerns, including morphological freedom and extinction risk. Such issues relate to the thesis’ interest in life expansion and the use emerging and speculative technologies. 4 The study takes on a triad approach in its investigation: qualitative interviews with experts of the emerging and speculative technologies; field studies encountering research centers of such technologies; and an artistic, autopoietic process that explores the heuristics of life expansion. This investigation forms an integrative view of the human use of technology and its melioristic aim. The outcome of the research is a theoretical framework for further research in artistic approaches to life expansion.

Subjects/Keywords: 128; human enhancement, life extension, transhuman, posthuman, upload

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Vita-More, N. (2012). Life expansion : toward an artistic, design-based theory of the transhuman/posthuman. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Plymouth. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1182

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Vita-More, Natasha. “Life expansion : toward an artistic, design-based theory of the transhuman/posthuman.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Plymouth. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1182.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Vita-More, Natasha. “Life expansion : toward an artistic, design-based theory of the transhuman/posthuman.” 2012. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Vita-More N. Life expansion : toward an artistic, design-based theory of the transhuman/posthuman. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Plymouth; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1182.

Council of Science Editors:

Vita-More N. Life expansion : toward an artistic, design-based theory of the transhuman/posthuman. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Plymouth; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1182

20. Lawrence, David. Persons, humans, and machines : ethical and policy dimensions of enhancement technologies.

Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Manchester

URL: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/persons-humans-and-machines-ethical-and-policy-dimensions-of-enhancement-technologies(d571a6bc-a250-4c24-9fe9-2c9c9dd88f89).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.764533

► The aim of this thesis is to provide an argument that enhancement technologies are a form of enablement more significant than their physical effects; rather,… (more)

▼ The aim of this thesis is to provide an argument that enhancement technologies are a form of enablement more significant than their physical effects; rather, that enhancement might be a fundamental element of humanity. This allows a refutation of the standard bioconservative position, that to increase capacity beyond that of a "normal" Homo sapiens necessarily defeats humanity, or at least nebulous aspects of it. I here argue instead that humanity is affirmed, and furthermore that enhancements are in fact inherently good, valuable, and worthwhile pursuits; on the assumption that it is, as critics of enhancements and transhumanism say, inherently good, valuable, and worthy of preservation to be human. I suggest thus that to enhance is the essence of, and the key to, the continuum of humanity. In the introduction, I set out the reasons why this type of research is increasingly necessary, namely that it is important to rationally consider the effects which new enhancement and related technologies will have on our persons and on our society. Secondly, it presents my rationales for taking liberal stances on questions such as the scope and definition of enhancement, the supposed therapy- enhancement divide, and on access to enhancement technology; in order to provide a reasoned base from which to build the core themes of the thesis. It goes on to address a number of the archetypical critical arguments against enhancement, in support of these core themes. Part II of the thesis contains the papers and delivers the main arguments in sequence- firstly, the need for the application of rationality in policymaking and commentary on bioethical concerns, and secondly the importance of considering motivation when attempting to divine the best course of action to regulate beings and technologies that we have not yet experienced, and the manner of which we cannot entirely predict. This is followed by an argument as to whether it is reasonable to treat enhanced or other purported novel beings that could result from these technologies as different from ourselves, and thus warranting such policy considerations. To accomplish this, the thesis delivers a fresh angle on the relationship between Homo sapiens sapiens, the human, and whatever is posited to supersede it, the posthuman. A central theme is the idea that humanity is a "matter of sufficiency"- an end-state for moral status, not a stepping-stone which one can be 'post'. These arguments culminate in a contention that it is enhancement that acts as the unifying factor in our evolution and existence, and that there is therefore unlikely to be any good reason to see beings that follow the humans of today as being different in any significant way. The thesis concludes with an exploration of the progression of these themes, as well as identifying the place of my work amongst the wider academic literature around enhancement and the nature of the human. Finally, the most promising avenues for future research are explored.

Subjects/Keywords: 610; Human Nature; Posthuman; Consciousness; Humanity; Human Enhancement; Bioethics; Personhood

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Lawrence, D. (2017). Persons, humans, and machines : ethical and policy dimensions of enhancement technologies. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Manchester. Retrieved from https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/persons-humans-and-machines-ethical-and-policy-dimensions-of-enhancement-technologies(d571a6bc-a250-4c24-9fe9-2c9c9dd88f89).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.764533

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lawrence, David. “Persons, humans, and machines : ethical and policy dimensions of enhancement technologies.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/persons-humans-and-machines-ethical-and-policy-dimensions-of-enhancement-technologies(d571a6bc-a250-4c24-9fe9-2c9c9dd88f89).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.764533.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lawrence, David. “Persons, humans, and machines : ethical and policy dimensions of enhancement technologies.” 2017. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Lawrence D. Persons, humans, and machines : ethical and policy dimensions of enhancement technologies. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/persons-humans-and-machines-ethical-and-policy-dimensions-of-enhancement-technologies(d571a6bc-a250-4c24-9fe9-2c9c9dd88f89).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.764533.

Council of Science Editors:

Lawrence D. Persons, humans, and machines : ethical and policy dimensions of enhancement technologies. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2017. Available from: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/persons-humans-and-machines-ethical-and-policy-dimensions-of-enhancement-technologies(d571a6bc-a250-4c24-9fe9-2c9c9dd88f89).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.764533

University of Victoria

21. Land, Nicole. What Can A Body Do?: Exploring Female Adolescent Sporting Bodies.

Degree: School of Child and Youth Care, 2014, University of Victoria

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5626

► As embodiment riddles the body, this thesis interrogates embodiment as a riddle by foregrounding ethical, epistemological, and ontological questions of what embodiment(s) and bodies might… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: sport; female; adolescent; body; agential realism; posthuman; embodiment

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Land, N. (2014). What Can A Body Do?: Exploring Female Adolescent Sporting Bodies. (Masters Thesis). University of Victoria. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5626

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Land, Nicole. “What Can A Body Do?: Exploring Female Adolescent Sporting Bodies.” 2014. Masters Thesis, University of Victoria. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5626.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Land, Nicole. “What Can A Body Do?: Exploring Female Adolescent Sporting Bodies.” 2014. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Land N. What Can A Body Do?: Exploring Female Adolescent Sporting Bodies. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Victoria; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5626.

Council of Science Editors:

Land N. What Can A Body Do?: Exploring Female Adolescent Sporting Bodies. [Masters Thesis]. University of Victoria; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5626

22. WONG SHU YUN. "A HEART WITHOUT A BODY": POSTHUMAN POLITICS IN SINGAPOREAN TEXTS.

Degree: 2015, National University of Singapore

URL: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/120492

Subjects/Keywords: Singapore; literature; posthuman; politics

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YUN, W. S. (2015). "A HEART WITHOUT A BODY": POSTHUMAN POLITICS IN SINGAPOREAN TEXTS. (Thesis). National University of Singapore. Retrieved from http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/120492

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

YUN, WONG SHU. “"A HEART WITHOUT A BODY": POSTHUMAN POLITICS IN SINGAPOREAN TEXTS.” 2015. Thesis, National University of Singapore. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/120492.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

YUN, WONG SHU. “"A HEART WITHOUT A BODY": POSTHUMAN POLITICS IN SINGAPOREAN TEXTS.” 2015. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

YUN WS. "A HEART WITHOUT A BODY": POSTHUMAN POLITICS IN SINGAPOREAN TEXTS. [Internet] [Thesis]. National University of Singapore; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/120492.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

YUN WS. "A HEART WITHOUT A BODY": POSTHUMAN POLITICS IN SINGAPOREAN TEXTS. [Thesis]. National University of Singapore; 2015. Available from: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/120492

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Virginia Tech

23. Stafford, Richard Todd. A Genealogy of Frankenstein's Creation: Appropriation, Hypermediacy, and Distributed Cognition in Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, Victor Erice's Spirit of the Beehive, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Degree: MA, English, 2011, Virginia Tech

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76983

► Studies of Frankenstein-related cultural, literary, and filmic productions tend to either focus atomistically on a particular cultural artifact or construct rather strict chains of filiation… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Posthuman; Prometheus; Cinema; New Media; Hypertext; Remediation; Suture

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Stafford, R. T. (2011). A Genealogy of Frankenstein's Creation: Appropriation, Hypermediacy, and Distributed Cognition in Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, Victor Erice's Spirit of the Beehive, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. (Masters Thesis). Virginia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76983

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Stafford, Richard Todd. “A Genealogy of Frankenstein's Creation: Appropriation, Hypermediacy, and Distributed Cognition in Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, Victor Erice's Spirit of the Beehive, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Virginia Tech. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76983.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Stafford, Richard Todd. “A Genealogy of Frankenstein's Creation: Appropriation, Hypermediacy, and Distributed Cognition in Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, Victor Erice's Spirit of the Beehive, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.” 2011. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Stafford RT. A Genealogy of Frankenstein's Creation: Appropriation, Hypermediacy, and Distributed Cognition in Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, Victor Erice's Spirit of the Beehive, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76983.

Council of Science Editors:

Stafford RT. A Genealogy of Frankenstein's Creation: Appropriation, Hypermediacy, and Distributed Cognition in Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, Victor Erice's Spirit of the Beehive, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. [Masters Thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76983

University of Florida

24. Seaback, Robert W. Anacoustic Modes of Sound Construction Encoded (Im)Materiality in Synthesis.

Degree: PhD, Music, 2018, University of Florida

URL: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0052156

► The composition of music typically and traditionally presupposes its ultimate manifestation in sound, that is, in physical, acoustic vibrations that can be heard by humans.… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: acousmatic – contemporary – electroacoustic – electronic – music – posthuman – semiotics – synthesis – technology

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Seaback, R. W. (2018). Anacoustic Modes of Sound Construction Encoded (Im)Materiality in Synthesis. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0052156

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Seaback, Robert W. “Anacoustic Modes of Sound Construction Encoded (Im)Materiality in Synthesis.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0052156.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Seaback, Robert W. “Anacoustic Modes of Sound Construction Encoded (Im)Materiality in Synthesis.” 2018. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Seaback RW. Anacoustic Modes of Sound Construction Encoded (Im)Materiality in Synthesis. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0052156.

Council of Science Editors:

Seaback RW. Anacoustic Modes of Sound Construction Encoded (Im)Materiality in Synthesis. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2018. Available from: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0052156

University of New Mexico

25. Cole, Kristen L. "EVERY 'ONE' AND EVERY 'THING' CAN BE LOVED": A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF NETWORKED SELF-REPRESENTATION BY THE OBJECTùM SEXUALITY COMMUNITY.

Degree: Department of Communication and Journalism, 2013, University of New Mexico

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/23317

► Using rhetorical criticism informed by actor-network theory (ANT), in this dissertation I explore the emergence of queer identity and queer community building within the Objectùm… (more)

▼ Using rhetorical criticism informed by actor-network theory (ANT), in this dissertation I explore the emergence of queer identity and queer community building within the Objectùm Sexuality Internationale Web site (OSI) – the largest source of information related to a community of over 300 hundred individuals who experience emotional and romantic desire towards objects. My goals in this study are (1) to identify and understand how rhetorical strategies are emergent and networked (rather than individually enacted) within the OSI Web site; and (2) how these emergent rhetorical strategies promote multiplicity of sexual desire and identity through the challenging of heteronormative and anthropocentric binaries and normativities via queer posthuman forms of love and connection. Using an ANT informed rhetorical criticism, I identified four layers of communication that facilitate the emergence of actor networks within the OSI Web site: (1) translation – the process by which human actors depict experience in texts); (2) enactment – the process by which actors (human and object) interact in ways that create networks of action and agency); (3) representation – the process in which certain macroactors (actors that appear as recurring and stable categories) present the interests of other actors within the network); and (4) teleaction – the movement of representations from place to place and over time through memory and text. Within these layers, I identified four categories of translation, thirteen macroactors, and four types of teleaction. The translations that emerge on the OSI Web site include how objectùm sexuality became a term and community, what it means to be objectùm sexual, how people who identify as objectùm sexual have come to make sense of their experiences, and public pleas for acceptance regarding objectùm sexuality. The macroactors that emerge include people, communication devices, purposes of OSI, orientation, animism, sensuality/intimacy, nonverbal communication, love, gender, attraction, marriage, medicalization, and the Red Fence. The processes of teleaction that emerge include verbal, nonverbal, hybrid, and symbolic actors. These four layers then led to the emergence of four higher-level rhetorical dimensions. These include: (1) terminological dimension – the interrelationship between terms and the OS community; (2) ontological dimension – the emergence of a higher-level philosophy about the existence of beings and the meanings and modes of being, existing, living, and loving for OS; (3) axiological dimension – the emergence of criteria for ethical values and judgments in relation to OS; and (4) epistemological dimension – where the dimensions of ontology and terminology meet and the nature and scope of knowledge about OS is represented. Together, these four transcendent levels facilitate the rhetorical construction of the OS community and critiques of heteronormative/anthropocentric frames of love, desire, and sexuality. Overall, these various strategies lead to two larger rhetorical moves: (1) OSI communicates… Advisors/Committee Members: Foss, Karen A., Littlejohn, Stephen W., Chavez, Karma R., Eguchi, Shinsuke.

Subjects/Keywords: objectum sexuality; queer theory; posthuman; actor-network theory; rhetorical criticism

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Cole, K. L. (2013). "EVERY 'ONE' AND EVERY 'THING' CAN BE LOVED": A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF NETWORKED SELF-REPRESENTATION BY THE OBJECTùM SEXUALITY COMMUNITY. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New Mexico. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1928/23317

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Cole, Kristen L. “"EVERY 'ONE' AND EVERY 'THING' CAN BE LOVED": A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF NETWORKED SELF-REPRESENTATION BY THE OBJECTùM SEXUALITY COMMUNITY.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New Mexico. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1928/23317.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Cole, Kristen L. “"EVERY 'ONE' AND EVERY 'THING' CAN BE LOVED": A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF NETWORKED SELF-REPRESENTATION BY THE OBJECTùM SEXUALITY COMMUNITY.” 2013. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Cole KL. "EVERY 'ONE' AND EVERY 'THING' CAN BE LOVED": A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF NETWORKED SELF-REPRESENTATION BY THE OBJECTùM SEXUALITY COMMUNITY. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/23317.

Council of Science Editors:

Cole KL. "EVERY 'ONE' AND EVERY 'THING' CAN BE LOVED": A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF NETWORKED SELF-REPRESENTATION BY THE OBJECTùM SEXUALITY COMMUNITY. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/23317

University of Minnesota

26. Martinez, Mark A. Care of the Machine Self: physiology, cybernetics, humanistic systems in ergonomics.

Degree: PhD, Communication Studies, 2013, University of Minnesota

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/172671

This dissertation discusses the ways that scientific thought and philosophy have theorized human life and machines in western thought.

Subjects/Keywords: Machine; Media; Philosophy; Posthuman; Science; Technology; Communication studies

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Martinez, M. A. (2013). Care of the Machine Self: physiology, cybernetics, humanistic systems in ergonomics. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Minnesota. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11299/172671

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Martinez, Mark A. “Care of the Machine Self: physiology, cybernetics, humanistic systems in ergonomics.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Minnesota. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11299/172671.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Martinez, Mark A. “Care of the Machine Self: physiology, cybernetics, humanistic systems in ergonomics.” 2013. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Martinez MA. Care of the Machine Self: physiology, cybernetics, humanistic systems in ergonomics. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/172671.

Council of Science Editors:

Martinez MA. Care of the Machine Self: physiology, cybernetics, humanistic systems in ergonomics. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/172671

27. Le Gall, Claire. Fictions du posthumain : temporalité, hybridité, écriture(s) : Fictions of the posthuman : temporality, hybridity, writing(s).

Degree: Docteur es, Langues, littératures et civilisations anglophones, 2019, Brest

URL: http://www.theses.fr/2019BRES0064

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L’imaginaire contemporain regorge de figurations du posthumain. Robots, intelligences artificielles, êtres génétiquement modifiés ou améliorés grâce à la science, et clones, qui trouvent leurs origines… (more)

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L’imaginaire contemporain regorge de figurations du posthumain. Robots, intelligences artificielles, êtres génétiquement modifiés ou améliorés grâce à la science, et clones, qui trouvent leurs origines en science-fiction, foisonnent à présent dans la culture populaire mainstream. Ces entités reflètent des devenirs possibles de l’humain et provoquent à la fois enthousiasme et peur, entre la vision optimiste du dépassement des limites de l’espèce humaine (comme la vieillesse, puis la mort, ou le sexe biologique) et la perspective inquiétante de la disparition de l’humain, au profit d’un posthumain radicalement autre. Cette thèse se propose d’étudier les représentations fictionnelles du posthumain dans la littérature anglo-saxonne contemporaine, dans le corpus suivant : la trilogie MaddAddam (publiée entre 2003 et 2013) de Margaret Atwood, Never Let Me Go (2005) de Kazuo Ishiguro, Cloud Atlas (2004) de David Mitchell, Accelerando (2005) et Glasshouse (2006) de Charles Stross, et The Stone Gods (2007) de Jeanette Winterson.Mettant parfois en scène une rupture temporelle entre l’avant et l’après (dans les récits de fin du monde), les fictions du posthumain se caractérisent aussi par une forme de cyclicité (convergence du passé, du présent et du futur).Hybrides, les figurations du posthumain, à l’instar du cyborg, mêlent machinique et organique et s’incarnent dans l’entre-deux, en dépassant les dualismes qui façonnent la pensée (masculin/féminin, même/autre, nature/artifice, incarnation/désincarnation).Les écritures du posthumain, nécessairement multiples, se fondent sur l’effacement, la répétition et la réécriture, sur le modèle du palimpseste.

Posthuman figures are plentiful in contemporary fictional works. Robots, artificial intelligence, genetically modified or augmented beings, and clones: all find their origins in science fiction, and now abound in mainstream culture. These entities embody humanity’s possible evolutions and trigger both enthusiasm and fear. On the one hand, they offer an optimistic perspective on how current human limits could be overcome (such as old age and death, or more generally biological constraints). On the other hand, they also point out the troubling possibility of humanity’s eradication, to be replaced by radically different “posthuman” beings.This dissertation focuses on the fictional representations of the posthuman in contemporary Anglo-Saxon literature in the following novels: the MaddAddam trilogy (published between 2003 and2013) by Margaret Atwood, Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro, Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell, Accelerando (2005) and Glasshouse (2006) by Charles Stross, and The Stone Gods (2007) by Jeanette Winterson.While they are sometimes characterized by a break in temporal linearity (in postapocalyptic stories), the fictions of the posthuman are also marked by a form of cyclicity (past, present and future converge).Like the cyborg, the figures of the posthuman are hybrid and combine cybernetic or mechanical machines and biological organisms. They exist in a…

Advisors/Committee Members: Machinal, Hélène (thesis director), Chassay, Jean-François (thesis director).

Subjects/Keywords: Littérature; Posthumain; Hybridité; Cyborg; Post-féminisme; Literature; Posthuman; Hybridity; Cyborg; Postfeminism

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Le Gall, C. (2019). Fictions du posthumain : temporalité, hybridité, écriture(s) : Fictions of the posthuman : temporality, hybridity, writing(s). (Doctoral Dissertation). Brest. Retrieved from http://www.theses.fr/2019BRES0064

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Le Gall, Claire. “Fictions du posthumain : temporalité, hybridité, écriture(s) : Fictions of the posthuman : temporality, hybridity, writing(s).” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Brest. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2019BRES0064.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Le Gall, Claire. “Fictions du posthumain : temporalité, hybridité, écriture(s) : Fictions of the posthuman : temporality, hybridity, writing(s).” 2019. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Le Gall C. Fictions du posthumain : temporalité, hybridité, écriture(s) : Fictions of the posthuman : temporality, hybridity, writing(s). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Brest; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2019BRES0064.

Council of Science Editors:

Le Gall C. Fictions du posthumain : temporalité, hybridité, écriture(s) : Fictions of the posthuman : temporality, hybridity, writing(s). [Doctoral Dissertation]. Brest; 2019. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2019BRES0064

Clemson University

28. Crider, Jason. The Sunglasses of Ideology: Augmented Reality as Posthuman Cognitive Prosthesis.

Degree: MA, English, 2016, Clemson University

URL: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2318

► This project argues a methodological approach for examining augmented reality (AR) that blends new media studies with that of the digital humanities to develop a… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: augmented reality; digital; digital humanities; posthuman; posthumanism; rhetoric

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Crider, J. (2016). The Sunglasses of Ideology: Augmented Reality as Posthuman Cognitive Prosthesis. (Masters Thesis). Clemson University. Retrieved from https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2318

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Crider, Jason. “The Sunglasses of Ideology: Augmented Reality as Posthuman Cognitive Prosthesis.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Clemson University. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2318.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Crider, Jason. “The Sunglasses of Ideology: Augmented Reality as Posthuman Cognitive Prosthesis.” 2016. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Crider J. The Sunglasses of Ideology: Augmented Reality as Posthuman Cognitive Prosthesis. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Clemson University; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2318.

Council of Science Editors:

Crider J. The Sunglasses of Ideology: Augmented Reality as Posthuman Cognitive Prosthesis. [Masters Thesis]. Clemson University; 2016. Available from: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2318

Queensland University of Technology

29. Kimberley, Maree A. Dirt Circus League : power and belonging in posthuman young adult fiction.

Degree: 2014, Queensland University of Technology

URL: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75428/

► This creative practice-led thesis consists of a creative work titled Dirt Circus League, which tells of a female teenaged medical intuitive who follows an enigmatic… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: posthuman; posthumanism; young adult fiction; speculative fiction; neuroscience; practice-led research; creative practice; creative writing

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Kimberley, M. A. (2014). Dirt Circus League : power and belonging in posthuman young adult fiction. (Thesis). Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved from https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75428/

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kimberley, Maree A. “Dirt Circus League : power and belonging in posthuman young adult fiction.” 2014. Thesis, Queensland University of Technology. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75428/.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Kimberley, Maree A. “Dirt Circus League : power and belonging in posthuman young adult fiction.” 2014. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Kimberley MA. Dirt Circus League : power and belonging in posthuman young adult fiction. [Internet] [Thesis]. Queensland University of Technology; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75428/.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Kimberley MA. Dirt Circus League : power and belonging in posthuman young adult fiction. [Thesis]. Queensland University of Technology; 2014. Available from: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75428/

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Leiden University

30. Minnaard, Anoesjka. The Complicity Paradox. The Potential Transformative Force of Bioart in the Biotechnological Debate.

Degree: 2015, Leiden University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/36447

► This project investigates in what ways or senses bioart can potentially bridge the gap between theories about human nature and human dignity, and actual human… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Bioart; Ethics; Biotechnology; Art; Contemporary art; Philosophy; Stelarc; Tissue Culture & Art Project; Human enhancement; Posthuman

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APA (6^th Edition):

Minnaard, A. (2015). The Complicity Paradox. The Potential Transformative Force of Bioart in the Biotechnological Debate. (Masters Thesis). Leiden University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1887/36447

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Minnaard, Anoesjka. “The Complicity Paradox. The Potential Transformative Force of Bioart in the Biotechnological Debate.” 2015. Masters Thesis, Leiden University. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1887/36447.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Minnaard, Anoesjka. “The Complicity Paradox. The Potential Transformative Force of Bioart in the Biotechnological Debate.” 2015. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Minnaard A. The Complicity Paradox. The Potential Transformative Force of Bioart in the Biotechnological Debate. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Leiden University; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/36447.

Council of Science Editors:

Minnaard A. The Complicity Paradox. The Potential Transformative Force of Bioart in the Biotechnological Debate. [Masters Thesis]. Leiden University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/36447

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