Umwelt Extended
Toward New Approaches in the Study of the Technologically Modified Body
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13119970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jana Kadlecová (Palacký University Olomouc, corresponding author), Jaroslav Krbec (Palacký University Olomouc) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 178-194 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Posthuman Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2471-4461 • E-ISSN: 2472-4513 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jpoststud.4.2.0178 |
| OpenAlex | W3113451971 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
This study introduces the practice of body hacking, modification, and extension of the body through technological means, and discusses a possible approach to anthropological research on people with technologically extended sensory apparatus. Most DIY modifications promise to extend capacities of the body not just quantitatively by enhancing what already exists, but qualitatively by adding new senses or organs that enable new connections with the outer world. The question is how it is possible to approach in social science research the subjective bodily experience of someone with sensory abilities beyond the human norm. This article proposes to look at this phenomenon from the standpoint of von Uexküll’s concept of Umwelt, which focuses on the study of the subjective experiential world of nonhuman animals and puts emphasis on processes of meaning creation, and not only in a symbolic and discursive way. Following current criticism of representationalism in anthropology, it will be suggested here that the Umwelt concept has a great potential for conceptualization of the technologically modified body in sociocultural anthropology and related disciplines
Aesthetics · Cognitive science · Conceptualization · Criticism · Epistemology · Experiential learning · Norm (philosophy · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Psychology
The Taste of Ethnographic Things
Unthought
In the Flesh
Biosocial Becomings
Cyborg intentionality
Kinship, Law and the Unexpected
The extended Umwelt principle
Does a robot have an Umwelt? Reflections on the qualitative biosemiotics of Jakob von Uexküll
A Practical Guide to Posthumans
The Posthuman and the Transhuman as Alternative Mappings of the Space of Political Possibility
Entangled Agencies
Cyborgs’ Perception, Cognition, Society, Environment, and Ethics
Onto-Ethologies
Music and the Transhuman Ear
Culture and the SensesBodily Ways of Knowing in an African Community
A stroll through the worlds of animals and men
The Theory of Meaning
Embodied Action, Enacted Bodies
Exchanging Perspectives
The Body Multiple
How dogs dream
How to Talk About the Body? the Normative Dimension of Science Studies
Enhancement Technologies and the Body
Diverse bodies
Jakob von Uexküll
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |