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Ethics and Aesthetics of the Posthuman Condition – An Open Online Course

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Author: Mads Østergaard Johansen

A Theory of evolution for technology?

A Theory of evolution for technology?

November 22, 2016 Mads Østergaard Johansen Assignment 6 One comment

  Hayler’s main project springs from something as mundane as the iPad. In his book he addresses the language we use

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What is it Like to be a Drone Adrift?

What is it Like to be a Drone Adrift?

November 13, 2016 Mads Østergaard Johansen Assignment 5 One comment

The still is taken from Nolan’s “Interstellar” (2014). The sci-fi movie proposes a peculiar question in the case of the

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The Birth of the Unwanted Posthuman

The Birth of the Unwanted Posthuman

November 5, 2016 Mads Østergaard Johansen Assignment 4 Leave a comment

The above still is the baby from Lynch’s movie with the fitting title “Eraserhead” (1977). The first scene is set on the

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The Shame of Enhancement

The Shame of Enhancement

October 25, 2016 Mads Østergaard Johansen Assignment 3 2 comments

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) is a rather obscure take on enhancement. Tetsuo, a typical salary man accidentally kills ‘the

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An inorganic future

An inorganic future

October 16, 2016 Mads Østergaard Johansen Assignment 2 2 comments

The title “The Coming Race” is a surprisingly paradoxical title. At one point it conveys the narrative’s interest in the

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A Posthuman Reading Tranströmer

October 7, 2016 Mads Østergaard Johansen Assignment 1 One comment

I thought it would be interesting to see if posthuman theory would apply to a poet such as Tranströmer. My

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