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

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Normality? Enhancement? An historical perspective

Normality? Enhancement? An historical perspective

November 9, 2016 Lykke Guanio-Uluru Assignment 3 Leave a comment

I think this famous figurine, Venus / Woman of Willendorf, made between 28000-25000 BCE, comments interestingly on posthuman notions of normality and

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CRISPR

CRISPR

November 1, 2016 Honey Beckerlee Assignment 4 2 comments

When I first saw this I thought it was an artwork by someone like the Yes Men or Jacob Boeskov,

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The Normality and  Van Gogh

The Normality and Van Gogh

October 27, 2016 Cecilie Hornstrup Nemeth Assignment 3 2 comments

Normality and enhancement, reminded me of the artist Vincent Van Gogh, who is quoted on writing: “La normalité est une

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Mari Katayama's self portraits and Giorgio Agamben's The Open

Mari Katayama’s self portraits and Giorgio Agamben’s The Open

October 25, 2016 Honey Beckerlee Assignment 3 5 comments

I just visited the Setouchi Triennial that takes place on a group of Islands in the south/east of Japan. In

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What about our face?

What about our face?

October 25, 2016 Ângela Longo Assignment 3 Leave a comment

How we conceive what it’s formally normal and acceptable and what is deformed and bizarre? And what about our face? One

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There's a norm for that

There’s a norm for that

October 24, 2016 Lara Eva Sochor Assignment 3 Leave a comment

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94, colloquially known as the Bendy Banana Law, was a European Union regulation on quality standards

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A rebellion against the enhanced human

A rebellion against the enhanced human

October 24, 2016 Katrine Winther Kristensen Assignment 3 One comment

In popular culture and on social media there is a growing tendency to focus on the imperfect. This is in

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A Goat's State of Mind

A Goat’s State of Mind

October 24, 2016 Frederik Thielke Mølgaard Assignment 3 3 comments

Thomas Thwaiter’s project A holiday from being human (GoatMan), exemplifies a distinct investigation on normality where technological enhancement aids the

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On normality

On normality

October 23, 2016 Kim Haagen Mathiesen Assignment 3 5 comments

So what happens if we all become normal. In a future where we are able to fix schizophrenia and other

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