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Approaching Transhumanism: On How Human Beings Transform in the 21st Century

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Wendykowska E., Emilia Wendykowska is a graduate of English Philology at the University of Łódź. She is mainly interested in gender studies p. a. w. a. p.
Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre
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2014
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vol. 2
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issue 2
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The following article is to introduce the reader into a cultural and intellectual movement whose aim is to identify the need for improvement in human life in the sphere of physicality as well as mentality with the aid of modern technologies – transhumanism. With the dramatic change in the perception of technology, transhumanist welcome the opportunity to improve cognitive skills, help to perpetuate human happiness, or increase longevity. Although the opponents of the transhumanist thought dismiss it as “the world’s most dangerous idea,” the adversaries advocate that the alternation of human form is both practical and reasonable. With the use of modern technology, enthusiasts of transhumanism try to prove that the human body needs to be re-invented in order to transcend the natural limitations. In my work I will try to tackle the problem of human body being currently subject to gradual transition from Homo Sapiens to Robo Sapiens, the process of ‘becoming’ a cyborg. By incorporating bodily augmentation, contemporary artists such as Stelarc or Neil Harbisson cast a light on the change of physical form, as well as the definition of being human. Evoking much controversy, transhumanism brings a completely new dimension to the understanding of the current human condition.
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Body suspension  : performativita bolesti

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Kubart T.
Theatralia: Revue současného myšlení o divadelní kultuře (Theatralia: The revue of contemporary thought on theatre culture)
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2018
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vol. 21
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issue 1
113-132
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In the study the author strives to present the topic of body suspension to wide professional Czech public, to which it has been practically unknown, with regard to methodology of theatre and performance studies (Erika Fischer-Lichte, Judith Butler). The phenomenon bears a number of features interesting especially from the perspective of Theatre and Performance Studies, Anthropology, Ethnology, and Culturology. The study is supposed to attract interest of professional public to this complex phenomenon, presenting it with help of foreign secondary sources and the author's own research of Czech and Slovak body suspension communities.
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Ve studii "Body suspension: performativita bolesti" se pokouším téma tělesného zavěšování (body suspension) předestřít v nepříliš problematizované podobě co nejširší odborné čtenářské obci, s ohledem na vlastní východiska, jež pramení především v teatrologii a dílčích otázkách teatrality a performativity (Fischer-Lichte, Judith Butler). V českém prostředí dosud odborně nereflektované téma vykazuje velmi zajímavé znaky, jež by měly upoutat každého divadelního vědce, antropologa, etnologa či kulturologa. Kontext a vzájemné souvislosti jednotlivostí fenoménu body suspension jsou natolik komplexní, že si jistě zasluhují první akademické texty. Má studie je kompilátem základních informačních zdrojů a vlastního výzkumu v českých a slovenských komunitách zabývajících se body suspension.
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