Mateja Kovacic
Biographic Data
| ID | 3988100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mateja Kovacic |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mateja |
| FAMILY NAME | Kovacic |
| SIGNATURE | KOVAČIČ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3034-8548 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The first symbiotic multispecies robot: Gakutensoku’s symbiotic cosmos
In 1928, botanist environmentalist Nishimura Makoto created Gakutensoku, a humanoid robot at odds with the Euro-American conceptualisation of humanoid robots as machine slaves and the modern discourse of technology as civilisational departure from nature. Nishimura’s scientific observations of the connectivities between plants, animals, algae, and microorganisms shaped the design and semiotic of Gakutensoku in line with a worldview that everythin…
Between animated cells and animated cels: Symbiotic turn and animation in multispecies life
As media, animation entertains by creating virtual worlds with affective storytelling and compelling aesthetic. As epistemology, animation creates new conceptualisations of life both by being the technology that brings the inanimate into life and by making otherwise impossible visualisations of the worlds that do or do not exist. An analysis of three thematically distinct animations demonstrates the ways animation can engage with the ontological …
Regulating sidewalk delivery robots as a disruptive new urban technology
Sidewalk delivery robots are increasingly being deployed in diverse urban contexts, raising issues about the most appropriate form of regulation to maintain pedestrian flows and protect the public. This paper examines the evolution of sidewalk robot governance in a "hot spot" of urban robotic application in the State of California (USA), where different municipal authorities have experimented with prohibitive, permissive and collaborative forms o…
Idology in Transcultural Perspective: Anthropological Investigations of Popular Idolatry
Idology in Transcultural Perspective: Anthropological Investigations of Popular Idolatry
Cyborg in Idology Studies: Symbiosis of Animating Humans and Machines
Making space for drones: The contested reregulation of airspace in Tanzania and Rwanda
In contrast to their use in warfare and surveillance, there is growing interest in the potential of “drones for good” to deliver societal benefits, for example by delivering medical products and other essential goods. Yet development of medical and commercial delivery has been limited globally by restrictive regulation to protect airspace safety and security. In this paper we examine how certain African countries have become testbeds for new form…
Urban robotic experimentation: San Francisco, Tokyo and Dubai
Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to transform cities and urban social life. However, robotic restructuring of the city is complicated and contested. Technology is still evolving, robotic infrastructure is expensive and there are technical, trust and safety challenges in bringing robots into dynamic urban environments alongside humans. This article examines the nascent field of ‘urban robotics’ in thr…
Neo-ethnic Self-Styling among Young Indigenous People of Brazil: Re-Appropriating Ethnicity through Cultural Hybridity
This article examines a conspicuous, vastly disseminating cultural practice among the young Indigenous people of Brazil to hybridize their ethnic motifs with global fashion in order to classify their glocal mode of being. Young Indigenous subjects generally perceive the modal practice to be ethnically appropriating in their own generational right. Through ethnographic observations coupled with theoretical reflections on cultural hybridity, the au…
The making of national robot history in Japan: Monozukuri , Enculturation and Cultural Lineage of Robots
This paper contributes a genealogical perspective to the social sciences study of robots in Japan, proposing a widely applicable research on “robot cultures.” The author discusses the corporate and governmental strategies and mechanisms that are shaping a national robot culture through establishing robot “lineages” and a national robot history which can have significant implications for both humans and robots. The paper contributes discussions on…
Urban robotic experimentation: San Francisco, Tokyo and Dubai
Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to transform cities and urban social life. However, robotic restructuring of the city is complicated and contested. Technology is still evolving, robotic infrastructure is expensive and there are technical, trust and safety challenges in bringing robots into dynamic urban environments alongside humans. This article examines the nascent field of ‘urban robotics’ in thr…
Making space for drones: The contested reregulation of airspace in Tanzania and Rwanda
In contrast to their use in warfare and surveillance, there is growing interest in the potential of “drones for good” to deliver societal benefits, for example by delivering medical products and other essential goods. Yet development of medical and commercial delivery has been limited globally by restrictive regulation to protect airspace safety and security. In this paper we examine how certain African countries have become testbeds for new form…
The making of national robot history in Japan: Monozukuri , Enculturation and Cultural Lineage of Robots
This paper contributes a genealogical perspective to the social sciences study of robots in Japan, proposing a widely applicable research on “robot cultures.” The author discusses the corporate and governmental strategies and mechanisms that are shaping a national robot culture through establishing robot “lineages” and a national robot history which can have significant implications for both humans and robots. The paper contributes discussions on…
Regulating sidewalk delivery robots as a disruptive new urban technology
Sidewalk delivery robots are increasingly being deployed in diverse urban contexts, raising issues about the most appropriate form of regulation to maintain pedestrian flows and protect the public. This paper examines the evolution of sidewalk robot governance in a "hot spot" of urban robotic application in the State of California (USA), where different municipal authorities have experimented with prohibitive, permissive and collaborative forms o…
Neo-ethnic Self-Styling among Young Indigenous People of Brazil: Re-Appropriating Ethnicity through Cultural Hybridity
This article examines a conspicuous, vastly disseminating cultural practice among the young Indigenous people of Brazil to hybridize their ethnic motifs with global fashion in order to classify their glocal mode of being. Young Indigenous subjects generally perceive the modal practice to be ethnically appropriating in their own generational right. Through ethnographic observations coupled with theoretical reflections on cultural hybridity, the au…
The making of national robot history in Japan: Monozukuri , Enculturation and Cultural Lineage of Robots
This paper contributes a genealogical perspective to the social sciences study of robots in Japan, proposing a widely applicable research on “robot cultures.” The author discusses the corporate and governmental strategies and mechanisms that are shaping a national robot culture through establishing robot “lineages” and a national robot history which can have significant implications for both humans and robots. The paper contributes discussions on…
Urban robotic experimentation: San Francisco, Tokyo and Dubai
Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to transform cities and urban social life. However, robotic restructuring of the city is complicated and contested. Technology is still evolving, robotic infrastructure is expensive and there are technical, trust and safety challenges in bringing robots into dynamic urban environments alongside humans. This article examines the nascent field of ‘urban robotics’ in thr…
Neo-ethnic Self-Styling among Young Indigenous People of Brazil: Re-Appropriating Ethnicity through Cultural Hybridity
This article examines a conspicuous, vastly disseminating cultural practice among the young Indigenous people of Brazil to hybridize their ethnic motifs with global fashion in order to classify their glocal mode of being. Young Indigenous subjects generally perceive the modal practice to be ethnically appropriating in their own generational right. Through ethnographic observations coupled with theoretical reflections on cultural hybridity, the au…
Idology in Transcultural Perspective: Anthropological Investigations of Popular Idolatry
Idology in Transcultural Perspective: Anthropological Investigations of Popular Idolatry
Cyborg in Idology Studies: Symbiosis of Animating Humans and Machines
Making space for drones: The contested reregulation of airspace in Tanzania and Rwanda
In contrast to their use in warfare and surveillance, there is growing interest in the potential of “drones for good” to deliver societal benefits, for example by delivering medical products and other essential goods. Yet development of medical and commercial delivery has been limited globally by restrictive regulation to protect airspace safety and security. In this paper we examine how certain African countries have become testbeds for new form…
Between animated cells and animated cels: Symbiotic turn and animation in multispecies life
As media, animation entertains by creating virtual worlds with affective storytelling and compelling aesthetic. As epistemology, animation creates new conceptualisations of life both by being the technology that brings the inanimate into life and by making otherwise impossible visualisations of the worlds that do or do not exist. An analysis of three thematically distinct animations demonstrates the ways animation can engage with the ontological …
Regulating sidewalk delivery robots as a disruptive new urban technology
Sidewalk delivery robots are increasingly being deployed in diverse urban contexts, raising issues about the most appropriate form of regulation to maintain pedestrian flows and protect the public. This paper examines the evolution of sidewalk robot governance in a "hot spot" of urban robotic application in the State of California (USA), where different municipal authorities have experimented with prohibitive, permissive and collaborative forms o…
The first symbiotic multispecies robot: Gakutensoku’s symbiotic cosmos
In 1928, botanist environmentalist Nishimura Makoto created Gakutensoku, a humanoid robot at odds with the Euro-American conceptualisation of humanoid robots as machine slaves and the modern discourse of technology as civilisational departure from nature. Nishimura’s scientific observations of the connectivities between plants, animals, algae, and microorganisms shaped the design and semiotic of Gakutensoku in line with a worldview that everythin…
Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Robot (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works)