SOCn6305 Anthropology of Technology/ Artificial Life, Robots and Space Research

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:40 P24b
Prerequisites
no specific requirements, prerequisites
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
- to understand cultural backgrounds of various systems of technology - to analyse specific technologies as integral part of contemporary societies - STS included
Learning outcomes
- students should understand dynamics of the embodiments and technology encounters - students will elaborate the project related to this topics
Syllabus
  • 1. Intro
  • 2. What is the body and embodiment_ anthropological perspective
  • 3. What is embodiment in biotechnologies? P> 4. Biopolitics, politics, body_ life today/medicine and biopower, biopolitical citizenship, biosociality
  • 5. Illness as Metaphor
  • 6. DNA, embryo, stem cells/bio-objcts and biotechnologization
  • 7. reading week
  • 8. Technologies, body and medicine_posthumanismu/transhumanism_ case of BioArt
  • 9. Kinship, genetics, idea of race and embodiment
  • 10. Kyber bodies_robotics, posthuman bodies
  • 11. Ab/normal bodies
  • 12. guest
  • 13. guest
Literature
    recommended literature
  • A reader in medical anthropology : theoretical trajectories, emergent realities. Edited by Byron Good. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, xiv, 559. ISBN 9781405183147. info
  • LOCK, Margaret M. and Vinh-Kim NGUYEN. An anthropology of biomedicine. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, xi, 506. ISBN 9781405110716. info
  • LUPTON, Deborah. Medicine as culture : illness, disease and the body in western societies. London: SAGE Publications, 1994, 182 s. ISBN 0-8039-8924-5. info
Teaching methods
- lectures
- debates
- essay
Assessment methods
- debates
- final essay
- presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: Předmět nebude vyučován pokud si ho zapíše méně než 5 studujících.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022.
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