Essays about: "posthuman subjectivity"
Found 4 essays containing the words posthuman subjectivity.
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1. Gut Feeling : Art and Food Digested: Figuring a Post-Human Intestinal Turn
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : This thesis aims to develop a new methodological concept better to understand art and curating in a post-human setting. Departing from a post-humanist ontology, my initial idea was to analyse contemporary artworks dealing with food and trace and substantiate a figuration of the gut/intestinal system (connected to post-human notions as the ideas of trans- corporeality, vibrant matter, etc. READ MORE
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2. Audience Engagement with Complex TV dramas : Posthuman Narratives and Human Identity
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : Through qualitative interviews with ten study participants, this research investigates connections between the theme of artificial intelligence on HBO’s Westworld, and issues of identities of its audience members. The thesis critically examines audience engagement with complex television dramas. READ MORE
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3. Frankenstein; or, the trials of a posthuman subject : An investigation of the Monster in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and his attempt at acquiring human subjectivity in a posthuman state
University essay from Södertörns högskola/EngelskaAbstract : Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley and the characters within, tell a prominent story of the posthuman condition in a society where humanist thought is the only conception of subjectivity. The use of not only posthuman studies, but more specifically studies including subjectivity was needed, in order to analyse the relationship between the humanist and the posthuman subjects. READ MORE
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4. Exploring posthuman subjectivities: a case study of LGBTQ Asian and Pacific American identified activists
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : This research has explored the intersection between the subject, activism, and posthuman theory, setting out to investigate whether posthuman theoretical understandings can be applied to contemporaneous subjects. Using NVivo software, a qualitative data analysis is conducted into 17 autobiographical texts taken from the anthology Restoried Selves (Kumashiro 2011). READ MORE