Antropologija kiborga

master's thesis

• Title (english): Anthropology of a cyborg
• Author: Hana Omrčen
• Mentor: Petar Mitrikeski (mentor)
• Mentor: Vjera Lopina (mentor)
• Committee member: Petar Mitrikeski (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Vjera Lopina (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tibor Komar (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology); Zagreb
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of information and Communication sciences); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2020-12-23, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Ethnology and Anthropology; Anthropology
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences

Abstract

Kibernetički sustav je skup međusobno povezanih elemenata koji djeluju jedni na druge. Takav kibernetički sustav može biti biološki, društveni, tehnički (bavi se problemom upravljanja, reguliranja i obrade informacija u tehničkim sustavima). Primjena takvog sustava dovela je do konceptualiziranja kiborga. Kiborga tradicionalno definiramo kao sustav s organskim i anorganskim dijelovima tijela. U najužem smislu te riječi, kiborzi su ljudi sa strojnim dijelovima tijela. Ti kiborški dijelovi mogu biti restorativne prirode i pomažu tijelu da funkcionira tamo gdje organski sustav nije uspio, kao što su srčani elektrostimulatori, inzulinske pumpe i bionički udovi, ili poboljšane tehnologije koje poboljšavaju ljudsko tijelo izvan njegovog prirodnog stanja. U najširem smislu, sve ljudske interakcije s tehnologijom mogu se kvalificirati kao kiborške. Antropologija kiborga je disciplina koja proučava interakciju između čovječanstva i tehnologije iz antropološke perspektive. Nudi nove spoznaje o tehnološkim napretcima i njihovom utjecaju na kulturu i društvo. Prvenstveno se fokusira na to kako ljudi koriste znanost i tehnologiju kako bi ih učinili smislenim dijelovima svojih života. Kao nova antropološka disciplina zahtijeva promjene unutar antropološkog diskursa; promjene poimanja čovjeka kao postčovjeka i konceptualnog kiborga.

Abstract (english)

A cybernetic system is a set of interconnected elements that act on each other. Such a cybernetic system can be biological, social, technical (deals with the problem of management, regulation and processing of information in technical systems). The application of such a system led to the conceptualization of cyborgs. Cyborgs are traditionally defined as a system with organic and inorganic parts of the body. In the narrowest sense of the word, cyborgs are people with machine body parts. These cyborg parts can be restorative in nature and help the body function where the organic system has failed, such as pacemakers, insulin pumps and bionic limbs, or improved technologies that improve the human body beyond its natural state. In the broadest sense, all human interactions with technology can qualify as a cyborg. Cyborg anthropology is a discipline that studies the interaction between humanity and technology from an anthropological perspective. It offers new insights into technological advances and their impact on culture and society. It primarily focuses on how people use science and technology to make them meaningful parts of their lives. As a new anthropological discipline it requires changes within anthropological discourse; changes in the notion of man as a posthuman and a conceptual cyborg.

• Keywords: Kibernetika; kiborg; postčovjek; antropologija kiborga
• Keywords (english): Cybernetics; cyborg; posthuman; cyborg anthropology
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:708217
• Study programme: Title: Anthropology (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra antropologije (magistar/magistra antropologije)
• Study programme: Title: Information Sciences; specializations in: Informatology, Information Sciences (teaching), Information Sciences (research); Course: Information Sciences (research); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra informacijskih znanosti (magistar/magistra informacijskih znanosti)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-02-26 18:45:57