Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 15, No. 209.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:27:31 +0100
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi
<tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: Mora Campbell on _Cyborg Temporality_
Prof. Mora Campbell for THE BROWN BAG RESEARCH SEMINARS:1999-2000 Series
presented a paper on 'Cyborg Temporality..'
Abstract of the paper is followed:->
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Albert Borgmann and Donna Haraway are brought into conversation to examine
the relationship between technology and temporal ambiguity and,
ultimately, the question of the moral efficacy of ambiguity. The
examination is guided by examples of virtual reality technology drawn from
Borgmann and Katherine Hayles. I argue that both Borgmann's and Haraway's
accounts of technology serve to elucidate experiences of temporal
ambiguity and to clarify questions of commitment. However, I conclude
that, in temporal terms, Haraway's desire, through the metaphor of the
cyborg, to imagine a world that can be otherwise, serves, among others
things, to consign us to a form of cyborg narcissism which betrays our
commitments to ending injustices against humans and other beings.
Borgmann, on the other hand, in his proposals for the reform of technology
through focal things and practices, does not take questions of gender and
cross-cultural difference into account sufficiently, and so fails to go
far enough in rethinking social change. Ultimately, Borgmann's and
Haraway's accounts serve as correctives to one another, but both would be
strengthened by taking questions of individual and collective experiences
of temporality more seriously.
For more elaborated discussion on 'humans and machines' --see the
interview of Prof. Albert Borgmann and Prof. Katherine Hayles at
<http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/borghayl.html>
Thanking you..any feedbacks or criticisms are most welcome.
Best Regards
Arun Kumar Tripathi
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