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Becoming plant and posthumanism in Jeff Noon's Pollen (1995) [PDF]
, 2015 This article examines Jeff Noon’s cyberpunk novel Pollen (1995), arguing for its innovative treatment of spatial and species identities. In addition to the challenging representations of gender and feminism identified by Val Gough, there are other kinds ...
Cockin, Katharine
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Experiencing crises, such as the pandemic, has affected infrastructures of sociality and intensified social and spatial inequities while revealing the fragility of systems we depend upon. In this Interventions collection, we collaboratively search for paths toward visionary lifeworlds, taking the entangled commons as a commitment to ...
Aylin Yildirim Tschoepe
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Posthuman Childhood and the Pedagogy of Becoming in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Catwings Series
Nesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları DergisiThis article rethinks childhood in children’s literature through a posthuman lens by examining Ursula K. Le Guin’s Catwings series as a pedagogy of becoming rather than a narrative of developmental completion.
Başak Ağın, Serra Süeda Öztürk
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The Doomsday Simulation Argument. Or why isn't the end nigh, and you're not living in a simulation. [PDF]
, 2004 According to the Carter-Leslie Doomsday Argument, we should assign a high probability to the hypothesis that the human species will go extinct very soon.
Aranyosi, Mr. István A.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article outlines possibilities for counter configurations of data‐based urbanisms, whereby data practices, rather than reproducing logics of urban entrepreneurialism and smart‐city governance, are made from within urban peripheral territories.
Andrés Luque‐Ayala, Rodrigo Firmino
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FilozofiaThis review essay critically examines Emily Jones’ Feminist Theory and International Law: Posthuman Perspectives, which develops “posthuman feminism” to diagnose the exclusionary humanism and anthropocentrism of international law.
Shisong Jiang
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Existentialism and My ‘Postwolf’ Dachshund: Authenticity in the Age of Genetic Engineering
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human genetic engineering has the potential to profoundly alter the traits of future generations, raising critical ethical questions about authenticity and identity. Essentialist perspectives reject genetic engineering, claiming it inherently compromises authenticity by deviating from a species‐typical genome.
Donrich Thaldar
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Loving Monsters—The Curious Case of Patricia Piccinini’s Posthuman Offspring
Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, 2019 Patricia Piccinini’s work has been described as disquieting, compelling and grotesque. Other adjectives often used include disturbing, visceral, monstrous, chimerical but also cute and beautiful.
Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia
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A Tale of Two Sophias: A Proposal for Critical Posthuman Youth Work, and Why We Need It
Youth, 2023 This paper begins by recounting a tale of two Sophias: a humanoid robot and an ‘illegal’ baby immigrant. The tale of two Sophias locates my initial ideas for reflecting on how critical posthumanism might contribute to youth work theory and practice.
Maria Pisani
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Children &Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the ways in which ‘forest school’, an educational approach where children engage in creative and play based activities in a ‘natural’ environment, can contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) by promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and by helping address biodiversity loss. Drawing on data
Hannah Hogarth
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