Jasmine Erdener
Biographic Data
| ID | 4149718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jasmine Erdener |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jasmine |
| FAMILY NAME | Erdener |
| SIGNATURE | ERDENER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Koç University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6854-2450 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Commodifying death
Bina48 is the most ambitious manifestation of thanatechnologies, AI systems that digitally resurrect deceased individuals. Online platforms harvest and assemble data, photos, and personal digital effects to reanimate the individual via AI and reap the profits that come from their ongoing interactions with living users. The profiles of deceased individuals are directly owned and mobilized by the platform itself. Building on digital labor scholarsh…
Surveillant Companionship and the FBI Agent Meme
In late 2017 and throughout 2018, surveillance discourse collided with meme culture through the popular “FBI agent” meme. The meme had various iterations but usually depicted ordinary individuals who are aware that they are constantly being surveilled on their personal devices by an assigned government agent. However, far from threatening Orwellian depictions of surveillance, in which a dangerous government is constantly watching, the FBI agent m…
Prefigurative Politics at Bread and Puppet Theater
Bread and Puppet (B&P) Theater is one of the oldest, most influential, and well-known puppet theaters both in the United States and abroad and has been at the forefront of puppetry, performance, and political protest for more than half a century. B&P also functions as a site of tension in prefigurative political theory, between creative world building and alternative decision-making structures. B&P fosters a powerful lived experience of prefigura…
Human/Machine Fusions and the Future of the Cyborg
In 2019 the US Department of Defense (DOD) published a report describing cyborg soldiers equipped with powerful implants, to be deployed by 2050. The DOD’s cyborg enables transhuman fantasies of controlling, augmenting, and weaponizing the body and the environment. The Cyborg Foundation, non-profit organization run by two artists, offers a different approach. These artists identify as cyborgs who aim to perceive the world differently, connect wit…
Infrastructure in the Jungle
This article examines infrastructures as a tool for managing populations, specifically migrants and refugees, and more broadly, infrastructure as a communicative trope for social belonging and citizenship. Infrastructure emerges as a key site of ideological contestation. Refugees and their advocates argue that infrastructural breakdowns require greater investment of resources and social care. Opponents point to infrastructural breakdowns as evide…
Humans of New York and ethical reflections in the digital age
The massive global success of the Humans of New York blog presents a view of the world which transcends our individual differences and allows a feeling of universal human connection. Yet, this feeling of universality often simplifies other forces at work, particularly masking structural patterns of exploitation or oppression. This article examines the ethical dimensions of the blog, specifically focusing on photos of Syrian refugees as presented …
Surveillant Companionship and the FBI Agent Meme
In late 2017 and throughout 2018, surveillance discourse collided with meme culture through the popular “FBI agent” meme. The meme had various iterations but usually depicted ordinary individuals who are aware that they are constantly being surveilled on their personal devices by an assigned government agent. However, far from threatening Orwellian depictions of surveillance, in which a dangerous government is constantly watching, the FBI agent m…
Infrastructure in the Jungle
This article examines infrastructures as a tool for managing populations, specifically migrants and refugees, and more broadly, infrastructure as a communicative trope for social belonging and citizenship. Infrastructure emerges as a key site of ideological contestation. Refugees and their advocates argue that infrastructural breakdowns require greater investment of resources and social care. Opponents point to infrastructural breakdowns as evide…
Humans of New York and ethical reflections in the digital age
The massive global success of the Humans of New York blog presents a view of the world which transcends our individual differences and allows a feeling of universal human connection. Yet, this feeling of universality often simplifies other forces at work, particularly masking structural patterns of exploitation or oppression. This article examines the ethical dimensions of the blog, specifically focusing on photos of Syrian refugees as presented …
Humans of New York and ethical reflections in the digital age
The massive global success of the Humans of New York blog presents a view of the world which transcends our individual differences and allows a feeling of universal human connection. Yet, this feeling of universality often simplifies other forces at work, particularly masking structural patterns of exploitation or oppression. This article examines the ethical dimensions of the blog, specifically focusing on photos of Syrian refugees as presented …
Infrastructure in the Jungle
This article examines infrastructures as a tool for managing populations, specifically migrants and refugees, and more broadly, infrastructure as a communicative trope for social belonging and citizenship. Infrastructure emerges as a key site of ideological contestation. Refugees and their advocates argue that infrastructural breakdowns require greater investment of resources and social care. Opponents point to infrastructural breakdowns as evide…
Human/Machine Fusions and the Future of the Cyborg
In 2019 the US Department of Defense (DOD) published a report describing cyborg soldiers equipped with powerful implants, to be deployed by 2050. The DOD’s cyborg enables transhuman fantasies of controlling, augmenting, and weaponizing the body and the environment. The Cyborg Foundation, non-profit organization run by two artists, offers a different approach. These artists identify as cyborgs who aim to perceive the world differently, connect wit…
Surveillant Companionship and the FBI Agent Meme
In late 2017 and throughout 2018, surveillance discourse collided with meme culture through the popular “FBI agent” meme. The meme had various iterations but usually depicted ordinary individuals who are aware that they are constantly being surveilled on their personal devices by an assigned government agent. However, far from threatening Orwellian depictions of surveillance, in which a dangerous government is constantly watching, the FBI agent m…
Prefigurative Politics at Bread and Puppet Theater
Bread and Puppet (B&P) Theater is one of the oldest, most influential, and well-known puppet theaters both in the United States and abroad and has been at the forefront of puppetry, performance, and political protest for more than half a century. B&P also functions as a site of tension in prefigurative political theory, between creative world building and alternative decision-making structures. B&P fosters a powerful lived experience of prefigura…
Commodifying death
Bina48 is the most ambitious manifestation of thanatechnologies, AI systems that digitally resurrect deceased individuals. Online platforms harvest and assemble data, photos, and personal digital effects to reanimate the individual via AI and reap the profits that come from their ongoing interactions with living users. The profiles of deceased individuals are directly owned and mobilized by the platform itself. Building on digital labor scholarsh…
Art (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Refugee (2 works)