Kevin Liggieri: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2019 |
| Name | Dr. Kevin Liggieri |
| Address | c/o Frau Sara Booz Professur f. Wissenschaftsforschun RZ G4 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851-0158-15L | The Human Between Deficiency And Cyborg. Trans- And Posthumanistic Visions Particularly suitable for student of D-HEST, D-INFK, D-ITET Number of participants limited to 50 | 3 credits | 2S | K. Liggieri | |
| Abstract | In our everyday life we are surrounded by automated, self-regulated machines (smartphones, prostheses, etc.), these techniques are part of our lives and without them a human existence is no longer conceivable. So man needs technology for his life and survival. But how does this technology change people? How and with which techniques does it optimize itself? | ||||
| Learning objective | Apart from the important possibilities of biomedical healing, the question must be asked in the seminar how our view of "man" and "machine" changes. How did man and technology change each other in modern enhancement, in which man intervenes with the machine in himself? What happens when man and technology merge and create new bodies (cyborgs, etc.)? The seminar will be about an assessment of our modern idea of man and machine, which is changing through trans- and posthumanistic visions. To this end, historical and current debates on optimization are to be addressed. | ||||