SANb2005 Anthropology, Robots, Machines

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Soňa Enenkelová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 U35
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Prerequisites
! SAN268 Anthropology, Robots, Machines && !NOW( SAN268 Anthropology, Robots, Machines )
none
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
Course objectives
To introduce to the students current theories and research in the field of artificial inteligence, cyber and digital embodyment and human subjectivity.
Learning outcomes
Ability to navigate oneself in the topic, ability of critical discussion and analytical written work
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. The idea of a Human and its genealogy 3. Post-humanisms, Transhumanisms_ we were never just human 4. The machine as the Other: Golem, Robot, cyborg 5. Cyber anthropology 6. Bio-digital network 7. Multispecies etnografy and its possibilities 8. Critique of humanism and post-humanism 9. Workshops/Experts/projects 10. Robotic society 4.0 11. The figure of the human in the 21.st century: study of software, social and emotional programming.
Literature
    required literature
  • Kirksey, S. Eben, Helmreich, Stefan. 2010. „The Emergence of Multispecies Ethnography”. Cultural Anthropology 25(4):545-575. Kohn, Eduardo (2013) How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human. University of California.
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, discussion
Assessment methods
please follow the relevant sylabus for the particular cohort
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
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