{"product_id":"cyborg-9780262547550","title":"Cyborg","description":"\u003cb\u003eA concise introduction to cyborg theory that examines the way in which technology is situated, political, and embodied.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis introduction to cyborg theory provides a critical vantage point for analyzing the claims around emerging technologies like automation, robots, and AI. \u003ci\u003eCyborg \u003c\/i\u003eanalyzes and reframes popular and scholarly conversations about cyborgs from the perspective of feminist cyborg theory. Drawing on their combined decades of training, teaching, and research in the social sciences, design, and engineering education, Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau introduce an approach called \u003ci\u003ecritical cyborg literacy\u003c\/i\u003e. Critical cyborg literacy foregrounds power dynamics and pays attention to the ways that social and cultural factors such as gender, race, and disability shape how technology is imagined, developed, used, and resisted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForlano and Glabau offer critical cyborg literacy as a way of thinking through questions about the relationship between humanity and technology in areas such as engineering and computing, art and design, and health care and medicine, as well as the social sciences and humanities. \u003ci\u003eCyborg\u003c\/i\u003e examines whether modern technologies make us all cyborgs--if we consider, for instance, the fact that we use daily technologies at work, have technologies embedded into our bodies in health care applications, or use technology to critically explore possibilities as artists, designers, activists, and creators. Lastly, \u003ci\u003eCyborg\u003c\/i\u003e offers perspectives from critical race, feminist, and disability thinkers to help chart a path forward for cyborg theory in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura Forlano is Professor in the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University. She is a coeditor of three books: \u003ci\u003edigitalSTS\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBauhaus Futures\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Social Butterfly to Engaged Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e (both MIT Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDanya Glabau is Industry Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology, Culture and Society at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFood Allergy Advocacy: Parenting and the Politics of Care\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620568469778,"sku":"9780262547550","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19515e05-b09d-4e69-a700-90023cfa1874.jpg?v=1732569313","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cyborg-9780262547550","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}