Prostheticity, Disability, and Spaceflight
In this short work, the author will reflect on how we might understand the technology-subject relationship in a way that equally captures the position of the individual with a disability and that of the interplanetary astronaut. The works of Tamar Sharon in mediated posthumanism and Dan Goodley in c...
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| description | In this short work, the author will reflect on how we might understand the technology-subject relationship in a way that equally captures the position of the individual with a disability and that of the interplanetary astronaut. The works of Tamar Sharon in mediated posthumanism and Dan Goodley in critical disability studies will be consulted. This cursory exploration will conclude that both the astronaut and the individual with a disability are congruent posthuman subjects insofar as their relationship to technology challenges the idea of a transhumanist overcoming of human limits. Exploring this relationship can tell us something about how posthuman subjects may be understood more generally. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d9fe1da309bd4cccadf9193b621951b72022-12-22T00:53:13ZengLaurentian University Library & ArchivesCon Texte2561-47702018-10-0121142110.28984/ct.v2i1.270Prostheticity, Disability, and SpaceflightMartin Boucher0Laurentian UniversityIn this short work, the author will reflect on how we might understand the technology-subject relationship in a way that equally captures the position of the individual with a disability and that of the interplanetary astronaut. The works of Tamar Sharon in mediated posthumanism and Dan Goodley in critical disability studies will be consulted. This cursory exploration will conclude that both the astronaut and the individual with a disability are congruent posthuman subjects insofar as their relationship to technology challenges the idea of a transhumanist overcoming of human limits. Exploring this relationship can tell us something about how posthuman subjects may be understood more generally.https://pubs.biblio.laurentian.ca/index.php/contexte/article/view/270/246Critical Disability StudiesMediated PosthumanismMediationReflexivityOriginary ProstheticityTamar SharonDan GoodleyRosi Braidotti |
| spellingShingle | Martin Boucher Prostheticity, Disability, and Spaceflight Con Texte Critical Disability Studies Mediated Posthumanism Mediation Reflexivity Originary Prostheticity Tamar Sharon Dan Goodley Rosi Braidotti |
| title | Prostheticity, Disability, and Spaceflight |
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| title_short | Prostheticity, Disability, and Spaceflight |
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| topic | Critical Disability Studies Mediated Posthumanism Mediation Reflexivity Originary Prostheticity Tamar Sharon Dan Goodley Rosi Braidotti |
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