[...]humanism
="lsts lst1">•a key term in contemporary western postindustrial era
="lsts lst1">•a term htat has been used ti describe a highly ="trms">technologized future existence
='lgc'>--variationally='lgc'>='lgc'>--> other ="trms">stories (="trms">fables) about ="trms">technology exists ='lgc'>=/=
="lstsrd">1. the claim of (often monolithic) novelty of the ="trms">historical moment in the west
="lstsrd">2. that ="trms">technology is a sterile ="trms">instrument
="lstsrd">3. that ="trms">technology aids the human in his ascent to ever greater degrees of humanity
(="trms">greek tradition ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) ='strcls'>*to think deeply about ="trms">technology, we have to think about its ="trms">ontology='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•="trms">techno-="trms">sociology ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">="ppl">Latour
="lsts lst1">•="trms">ecological feminism ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">="ppl">Haraway
="lsts lst1">•post-="ppl">Marxism ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Tiziana Terranova
="lsts lst1">•
="lsts lst1">•philosophy of tech ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">Heidegger='lgc'>: the most d="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">angerous thing we can do is to think of ="trms">technology as something neutral ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> we often make two ='strcls'>***intuitive ideological jumps of reason='strcls'>*** when we think of ="trms">technology='lgc'>:
1. “="trms">technology='lgc'> = means to an end”
2. “="trms">technology is created by humans”
='lgc'>}='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ='thdf'>example of ="trms">anthropological truth (about ="trms">technology) ='lgc'>~ it is a truth as it appears to human beings ='and'>& it is an ='strcls'>*="trms">instrumental truth='lgc'>: truth aimed at getting things done or making things work='strcls'>* ='lgc'>=/= ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">technology='lgc'>: the mode by which realities are brought into existence in the ="trms">world (hervorbringen) ='lgc'>{unconcealing ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> a concealment of another reality='lgc'>}= (process of) ='strcls'>*="trms">poiesis='lgc'> = bring out ='lgc'>+ conceal='strcls'>*
="prgrph prgrph2">-the ="trms">greek word ='strcls'>*="trms">techne='lgc'> = ="trms">technology ='lgc'>+ art='strcls'>* derived from the term ="trms">episteme (the ways in which one can know reality) ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>****="trms">technology='lgc'>: a type of ="trms">epistemology, a way of knowing='strcls'>****
='lgc'>}='lgc'>==="ppl">Heidegger='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>*="trms">technology needs to be understood beyond its ="trms">instrumenta="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list humanist ="trms">history='strcls'>* ='lgc'>--="ppl">Campbell='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*seeing ="trms">technology ="trms">historically as an ancient ="trms">phenomenon='strcls'>*
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="trms">technology thought of as something that comes from the west ='and'>& does something to other people in other placers ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- a framework (even well-intentioned) that denies both ="trms">agency ='and'>& contemporaneity to the ‘other’
(-McQuire)
(we are told that)
="lsts lst1">•the era we exist in is the “information age”
="lsts lst1">•the ="trms">world is “="trms">networked”
="lsts lst1">•marheting is “service-dominant”
='lgc'>--="ppl">Campbell='lgc'>='lgc'>--> what realities do the terms “information” “="trms">network” “service-dominant” create, unconceal, conceal='qstn'>?
='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">questions of='lgc'>:
="prgrph">-what is the ="trms">consumer='qstn'>?
="prgrph">-the ="trms">nature of ="trms">consumer consciousness, knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge, desire
='strcls'>*far from being a neutral uncomplicated ="trms">relationship, ="trms">consumers develop strategic behaviors for ='strcls'>*coping with ="trms">technology='strcls'>* that is paradoxial ='lgc'>+ fantastical ='lgc'>+ ideological ='lgc'>+ multidimensional
(-Konzinets)
="lsts lst1">•DIY ="trms">technologies='lgc'>: forms of competence redefined ='lgc'>+ redistributed between hardware ='and'>& human
="lsts lst1">•="trms">technology ='and'>& identity ="trms">interpolate each other
global debates of='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•fear of genetic determination
="lsts lst1">•="trms">nature of consciousness ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> similarities and ="trms">differences between computation and human being
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> intimately concerned with the status of humanness
1990s theories of gift-giving, possession, labour, self-concept ='lgc'>=/= ='strcls'>*cyber ="trms">consumer='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> circulation of desire and commodities in environments that are so highly mediated and ="trms">technological that it begins to generate behavior and ="trms">situations that are quite foreign to existing thinking about that ="trms">markets are and what ="trms">consumers want
='strcls'>**="trms">technology='lgc'>: an active force that both ="trms">consumes ='and'>& creates ="trms">consumers='strcls'>**
(problem of) sustainability
="lstsrd">1. to sustain='lgc'>: rest, retreat ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> humannes is a major threat to all nonhuman planetary existence ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='thdf'>the idea that radical threats to nonhumanness must be warded off by radical decreases in human population, ="trms">consumption, normtive standards of living
='lgc'><='lgc'>-- this notion of sustainability exists radically at the limits of human capability (more than ="trms">ecological crisis or human inequality, more than the threat of terrorism or nuclear proliferation)
="lstsrd">2. to sustain='lgc'>: to extend, strengthen ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='thdf'>the idea that if we are not here then nothing on the planet has worth; if humans ado not exists, then the earth does not exists ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> our efforts of ="trms">ecological sustainability are intrinsically human-centered ='lgc'>[='lgc'>--(implicit attitude)='lgc'>='lgc'>--> prolonging humanness='lgc'>]='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">ecological problem='lgc'> = crisis='lgc'>: an intense, short-lived episode in human ="trms">history ='lgc'>+ it will be solved by high-="trms">technology solutions
="trms">technology has co-evolved with being throughout billions of years ='lgc'>--Hayles='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (myriad profound subtle ways) to make ="trms">nature
='lgc'>--paradox='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*it is “human ="trms">nature” to use ="trms">technology ='lgc'>+ ="trms">technology changes “human ="trms">nature”='strcls'>*
='lgc'>--="ppl">Campbell='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>***while not everything is ="trms">technical, everything is ="trms">technological='strcls'>***
='strcls'>*posthuman stance (strategically oriented towards deep future, pays attention to the lives of nonhuman others) gets ="trms">ontological with ="trms">technology='strcls'>*
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McQuire
defining the ="trms">technological ='lgc'>--activate='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the border between ="trms">nature ='and'>& culture='lgc'> = (the heart of) what it means to be human
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="trms">system attic
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(in ='mywrk'>my work with ="nms">apass digital designs, i have been trying to negotiate with ='thdf'>the notion of)
='strcls'>*="trms">technological gaze='strcls'>*
what new modes of subjectivity are filtered through ="trms">technological gaze='qstn'>?
(='qstn'>?how) high-tech images are cultural artifacts
="trms">technological gaze's ="trms">method to put its meaning together='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. impossible subject-="trms">positioning
="lstsrd">2. ="trms">codification of flesh
="lstsrd">3. visualization of ="trms">scientific ="trms">narrative
="lstsrd">4. ="trms">aestheticization of information
(Maturana ='lgc'>+ Varela) everything said is said by an observer ='lgc'>=/= philosopher
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="trms">marketing ="trms">communication theory
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]gaze='lgc'>: (a ="trms">technical term for) the ways we visually ="trms">consume images of people and places ='lgc'>+ the ways images are constructed to entertain ='and'>& encourage certain ways of seeing
="lsts lst1">•(using psychoanalysis) ="ppl">Mulvey's gaze='lgc'>: the way in which the camera acts as the eyes and ears of the ="trms">spectator, ="trms">presenting ways of framing the ="trms">world (power-laden ='lgc'>+ not neutral ="trms">position) ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> certain understanding of the ="trms">world is assumed
="lsts lst1">•Shroeder ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> gaze signifies a psychological ="trms">relationship of power ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the gazer is superior to the object of the gaze ='lgc'>[='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="trms">zoo='lgc'>]
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how “human” ways of experiencing the ="trms">world are gradually being ="trms">integrated with non-human, ="trms">technological ways of perceiving and understanding reality='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">Baudrillard ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> virtual gaze
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">Virilio ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> automation of perception (war weaponry ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='thdf'>the idea that in west we have ="trms">technologies so advanced we achieve absolute vision)
="lsts lst1">•Balsamo ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> cosmetic surgery (='lgc'>='lgc'>~= new visualization ="trms">technologies) ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> new forms of dominance ='lgc'>[='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to Kardashians TV shows='lgc'>], ='strcls'>*replacing the male gaze with a normative dis="trms">embodied ="trms">technical gaze
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">="ppl">Haraway ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">technocratic gaze
="lsts lst1">•Strafford ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (starting in enlightenment) ='strcls'>*automated spectralization='strcls'>* (in visual ="trms">presentation of the ="trms">world) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the intention and purpose of the gaze became medicalized and ="trms">technologized ='lgc'>[='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to cartography='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (from ="trms">techno="trms">science to feminism) theorists have noticed a ='strcls'>*splicing='strcls'>* of direct and tactile human perception of reality with another reality, one that is mediated and ="trms">technical ='lgc'>==produce='lgc'>='lgc'>==> a new reality that negotiates the individual's knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge of the universe in diverse and complex ways (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- not catastrophic ='lgc'>=/= Hörl)
(time of) intellectual and artist upheaval ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> new and surprising modes of ="trms">imagining the human
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1950s concept of cybernetics constituted a fundamental change in thinking about control, ="trms">communication, information, life itself (='lgc'>+ new ="trms">language of feedback, auto="trms">poiesis, cellular automata, neural net)
1990s
computers ='lgc'>+ information ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> cybernetic theory='lgc'>: (stressed that) information patterns are more important in understanding organisms than ="trms">materiality
='strcls'>*cybernetic view of the ="trms">world ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> information ="trms">coded in pattern ='and'>& randomness ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">material absence ='and'>& ="trms">presence='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•(both) human and ="trms">technological='lgc'> = informational entities
="lsts lst1">•human='lgc'> = cyborg='lgc'>: (human conceived as) cybernetic organism
='lgc'>[='qstn'>?how='lgc'>] discourses (="trms">narratives ='lgc'>+ ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphors ='lgc'>+ ="trms">symbols) of ="trms">science and ="trms">technology ='lgc'>--="ppl">Campbell='lgc'>='lgc'>--> use in advertisement to create meaning
='strcls'>**="trms">technological ="trms">imagination ='lgc'>--seize='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">social ="trms">imagination='strcls'>**
always reinforcing the ='strcls'>*awesome power of ="trms">technology to capture reality='strcls'>* (objectively ='lgc'>+ without any ="trms">agenda)
="lsts lst1">•movie Fantastic Voyage 1966 ='lgc'><='lgc'>--Dijck='lgc'>-- fascination with envisioning the body from a ="trms">different perspective
="lsts lst1">•status of foetus (float in black and white) ='lgc'><='lgc'>--="ppl">="ppl">Haraway='lgc'>-- meanings whose legitimacy comes from ="trms">technological ="trms">systems of perceptio[...]