Articles by author: cdaigle

  • Upcoming workshop: “Expressions and Images of the Posthuman”

    Friday, March 02, 2018 | By

    We are happy to announce that the first Posthumanism Research Network/Posthumanism Research Institute workshop will take place on April 14-15, 2018, in PL 600F at Brock University. The theme is “Expressions and Images of the Posthuman.” This two-day interdisciplinary workshop will be open to the public.

    We are fortunate to have a keynote presentation on “Chthulucinema, or the Cine-Squid from Hell” by William Brown (Roehampton University). More information on the workshop will be posted shortly, including a draft programme.

    For any questions, contact Christine Daigle or Terrance McDonald.

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  • Thinking About Animals conference – March 1-2, 2018

    Thursday, February 15, 2018 | By

    We are happy to co-sponsor the Thinking About Animals conference which takes place March 1-2, 2018 at Brock University. You can find the program here.

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  • Dr. Byron Williston on Ecological Nationalism and the Canadian Environmental Imaginary

    Wednesday, February 07, 2018 | By

    The PRI and the ESRC (Environmental Sustainability Research Centre) are proud to host a talk by philosopher Byron Williston on “Ecological Nationalism and the Canadian Environmental Imaginary” on Friday, February 9, 2018, 11:00-12:30, in ST 105.

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  • Dr. Cary Wolfe’s public talk on “There is No World”

    Tuesday, January 23, 2018 | By

    Dr. Cary Wolfe (Rice) will present the talk “There is No World: Deconstruction and Theoretical Biology” on Wednesday January 24, 2018, 3:30-5:00 pm, PL 600F. All are welcome.

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  • YouTube Channel now open for the Posthumanism Research Network

    Sunday, November 19, 2017 | By

    Good news! If you miss one of our talks or cannot take the trip to our partner institution to attend a talk you can now watch the presentations on our YouTube Channel.

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  • Dr. Stuart Murray presents on Augmented Selves/Interrogating Prostheses

    Friday, October 06, 2017 | By

    Dr. Stuart Murray (Leeds) presents on “Augmented Selves/Interrogating Prostheses” on October 6, 2017.

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  • Dr. Nandita Biswas-Mellamphy (Western) presents a talk at our partner institution, WLU

    Thursday, September 28, 2017 | By

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  • Public talk by Margrit Shildrick – March 6

    Wednesday, February 15, 2017 | By

    Dr. Margrit Shildrick (Linköping University) will be presenting the talk “Approaching Posthumanism: prostheses, technologies, and embodiment” on Monday, March 6, 14:00-15:30, in Plaza 600F.

    Abstract: In the era of postmodernity, issues of bodies and technologies increasingly challenge not only the normative performance of the human subject, but also the very boundaries of what counts as human. Where in the past, the term prosthesis intended some material object that compensated for a substantive and negatively figured lack in embodiment, the emphasis now is firmly on enhancement and supplement. For many disabled people – whose interface with the world may rely to a greater or lesser extent on the deployment of prostheses – the mode of rehabilitation to normative practices is no longer the point; instead prostheses may be highly productive alternatives that inevitably queer experience itself. Going further, the notion of technological supplementarity can be transformed to encompass an understanding of embodiment as necessarily entailing assemblage – in both organic, non-organic and hybrid forms – as a mode of existence that troubles our human privilege. 

     

     

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  • Full house for O’Gorman’s talk!

    Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | By

    Marcel O’Gorman’s talk on Necromedia attracted a big crowd on Monday February 13. 

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  • Public talk – Marcel O’Gorman’s Necromedia

    Saturday, January 14, 2017 | By

    We will be hosting a public talk by Marcel O’Gorman (University of Waterloo) on “Necromedia: Technology, Death, and the Posthuman” on Monday, February 13, 2-3:30 pm, in Plaza 600F.

    Abstract: In his recent book Necromedia, Dr. O’Gorman argues that humans are technical animals, driven forward by a prosthetic way of being that causes us to deny our animality. Of course, part of that animality is our finitude, our inevitable deaths. As O’Gorman argues, death denial is an essential aspect of the human existential situation, and it helps explain why we are so easily seduced by technology’s promise of newness, fame, and immortality. In this talk, Dr. O’Gorman will elaborate on these arguments, present a posthumanist perspective on technoculture, and demonstrate how these ideas have inspired the design of digital objects-to-think-with created in the Critical Media Lab at the University of Waterloo.

    Speaker: Dr. O’Gorman is Professor of English, University Research Chair, and Director of Crirical Media Lab at the University of Waterloo. He has published widely on topics ranging from digital writing and maker culture to posthumanist philosophy and “digital dementia.” Dr. O’Gorman is also an active digital artist whose installations and performances involve video, sensor-based computing, interactive media, and sculptural objects such as a treadmill, a cedar and canvas canoe, a penny farthing bicycle, and a handmade arcade cabinet.

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