Swarm–Hybrid–Technology: The Transmedial Possibilities of Becoming-Insect

• Authors: Piotr F. Piekutowski

Title variants

PL

Rój–hybryda–technologia. Transmedialne możliwości stawania-się-owadem

RU

Рой – гибрид – технология. Трансмедийные возможности становления-насекомым

Abstracts

RU

Согласно Рози Брайдотти, существование насекомых определяется понятиями «промежуточность» и постоянное «становление». В статье постоянное изменение внешнего вида насекомых в зависимости от условий существования анализируется на двух уровнях, то есть технологии, не связанной с человеком, и повествования в рассказах о метаморфозах, использующего элементы, нарушающие законы природы. Вслед за исследованиями Юсси Парикки в области медиаархеологии становление-насекомым анализируется на трансмедихных примерах из области литературы (Франц Кафка – Превращение), кино (Дэвид Кроненберг – Муха), видеоигр и виртуальной реальности (All in! Games – Metamorphosis) и сетевых СМИ. Исследование точек зрения, не принадлежащих человеку, и остранение в повествовании, согласно Яну Альберу, приводит к трансформации когнитивных рамок. Радикально Иные насекомые выходят за пределы антропоцентрической парадигмы и в гибридном сочетании с людьми и машинами реализуют постгуманистические прогнозы.

PL

Zgodnie ze słowami Rosi Braidotti owady determinuje ich bycie po-między i ciągłe stawanie się. W artykule asamblaż owadzich figuracji analizowany jest na dwóch poziomach: nie-ludzkiej technologii oraz nienaturalnej narracji w opowieściach o metamorfozie. Podążając za badaniami z obszaru archeologii mediów Jussi Parikki, stawanie-się-owadem analizowane jest na transmedialnych przykładach z obszarów literatury (Franz Kafka – Przemiana), filmu (David Cronenberg – Mucha), gier wideo i VR (All in! Games – Metamorphosis) oraz mediów usieciowanych. Eksploracja pozaludzkich perspektyw i defamiliaryzacja w narracjach według Jana Albera prowadzi do transformacji ram kognitywnych. Radykalnie Inne owady okazują się przekraczać antropocentryczny paradygmat i w hybrydycznym połączeniu z człowiekiem i maszynami urzeczywistniają posthumanistyczne założenia.

EN

According to Rosi Braidotti, insects are determined by their in-between-ness and continuous becoming. The paper analyses the assemblage of insect figurations on two levels: non-human technology and unnatural narrative in stories about a transformation. Following Jussi Parikka’s media archaeology research, becoming-insect is examined on transmedial examples from literature (Franz Kafka-The Metamorphosis), film (David Cronenberg-The Fly), video games and VR (All in! Games-Metamorphosis) and networked media. According to Jan Alber, exploration beyond human stances and defamiliarization in narrative fiction leads to the shift of cognitive frameworks. Radically Other insects transgress the anthropocentric paradigm and execute posthuman assumptions by a hybrid entanglement with humans and machines.

Keywords

RU

насекомое; становление- -насекомым; превращение; не связанная с человеком; постгуманизм

EN

insect; becoming-insect; metamorphosis; non-human technology; posthumanism

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
• Journal: Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 1 (11)
• Pages: 1-21

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Piotr F. Piekutowski

• Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

• https://orcid.org/0000000218112073

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Identifiers

DOI

10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2023.11.04

Biblioteka Nauki

21150511