When Man Becomes Machine. The Creation of ‘Symborgs’ in Pop Cultural Universes
When Man Becomes Machine. The Creation of ‘Symborgs’ in Pop Cultural Universes
Author(s): Ewelina TwardochSubject(s): Anthropology, Media studies, Visual Arts, Communication studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: popular culture; symborg; pop culture; universe; creative media; imagine world; Quantifield Self; Avatar 2045; androids
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to characterize the process of creating ‘symborgs’ in popular culture universes. The author analyzes the ambiguous relationship between human and machine in such productions as: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, RoboCop and others. In the article are confronted two ways of human being connected with the machine: the ‘external” and ‘internal” ones. The author refers to the concept of technology which is a part of Joanna Zylinska’s and Sarah Kember’s ‘creative media’ project and also to the category of ‘symborg’ formulated by Stelarc. The crucial issue is here also to show the interferences between the imagine world created by popular cultures creators and the real one, to which examples are the phenomenon of Quantified Self community and project Avatar 2045.
Journal: Kultura Popularna
- Issue Year: 38/2013
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 58-71
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English