Monthly Archives: November 2011

Posthuman(esque) Pedagogy?

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Ania Rolińska

Is it possible to create a space where these two species of knowledge can meet and mingle? (Pedersen, 2010: 241). I found this question to be crucial when considering educability of the posthuman. What Pedersen meant in her article was … Continue reading →

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Summary: Week 10

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Daniel Griffin

A quick review of my lifestream will show that this has been somewhat of a disjointed week, due mostly to my inability to settle on a topic for the Posthuman Pedagogy assignment.  I began the week confident in my decision … Continue reading →

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What’s it like to be human?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Grace Elliott

To help me make sense of what ‘posthuman’ means I pondered the question, “What’s it like to be human?”  I could not stop thinking about this, it has been churning away in the back of my head, popping up at … Continue reading →

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Lifestream Week 10

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Austin Tate

Posthuman Pedagogy I got ahead with my contribution to the posthuman pedagogy and produced my input over the weekend, entitled “Think Like a Robot”. So I was able to provide it to the class at the very start of the … Continue reading →

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Week 9 Summary

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Steph Cronin

Finally, a eureka moment!  Week 9 (and 8!) has significantly encroached on week 10 as I have been struggling with the meaning of post-human.  Until now, I considered it to be related to human action and found myself trying to … Continue reading →

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Posthuman Pedagogy

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Daniel Griffin

Augmented Reality Learning Environments – A posthuman pedagogy Although philosophical idealists will argue that there is no such thing as a common reality, in everyday practice we have chosen to believe in one. Through our senses and communications, we live … Continue reading →

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Week 9: Are we human?

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Carol Jane Collins

A strange disconnected week. I spent much of my time at Glasgow Sheriff Court waiting to see if I would be picked for jury duty and pondering what it is to be human in a place where the complexities, the … Continue reading →

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TransHuman

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Kevin Shawn HUDSON

I started watching this clip (it is long at 50 mins), and I have to say it blew me away.  In 1963 Dr. Robert White of Cleveland Medical Hospital performed the first experiment to keep the brain alive outside the … Continue reading →

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Posthuman lifestream

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Ania Rolińska

This is more of a private confession, ‘the truth of my body’, perhaps in vein with l’ecriture feminine, but informed by the last two weeks’posthumanist readings lifestreamed on the blog (click on the yellow phrases to see the relevant feeds). … Continue reading →

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week 10: (learning about) what we are (learning about)

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Jen Ross

Good day to you all! Welcome to week 10, our final structured week of the course. You’ve spent the last couple of weeks grappling with notions of posthumanism and the cyborg, and some very fine blog posts have been written … Continue reading →

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