I am happy to share with you my latest publication: Şahinol, M. (2021). Living in the Age of Neuro-Digitalization. Brain-Computer Interfaces for Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, 8 (Being Human in a Technological Age), 53-80. doi:10.1628/ptsc-2021-0005 Abstract This paper examines the development of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and new types of […]
Category: CripTechnoscience
“Crip Making” keynote by Aimi Hamraie, 16 September 2021, 7–8:30pm (CEST)
Download Flyer Abstract Is design informed by the lived experiences of disability inherently political? Several concepts exist within critical disability studies to name disability-led design. These include crip technoscience (Hamraie 2017; Hamraie and Fritsch 2019), “microactivist affordances” (Dokumaci 2020), “Criptastic hacking” (Yergeau 2014), and the “design theory of disability” (Guffey and Williamson). These approaches center […]
Keynote: Anne Waldschmidt “Inclusion – Accessibility – Normality: Some Remarks from a Dispositif-Analytical Perspective” 17 September 2021, 3:30-5pm (CEST)
Download Flyer Abstract It is Critical Disability Studies as an innovative discourse, which has significantly contributed to revising simplistic and individualistic views of disability and impairment. Introduced in the 1970s, the social model of disability has since fundamentally changed the international disability discourse. This approach, as Disability Studies scholars and disability rights activists know well, […]
Visiting the Department for Media Studies, University of Paderborn – fall 2021, substituting Prof. Dr. Jutta Weber #sts #mediastudies #SociologyofMedia
It’s official. In fall 2021 I will substitute Prof. Dr. Jutta Weber at the Department for Media Studies at the University of Paderborn as part of a guest stay. With this context, I am preparing four Seminars at the intersection of Media/Digitalization, Medicine, Posthumanism and Disability Studies: Cochlea-Implantate, bionische Prothesen und andere assistive Technologien. Digitale […]
Kick-Off Meeting: Scientific Network Dis-/Abilities and Digital Media (10-11 Dec 2020)
Our DFG scientific network #DisAbilities & #DigitalMedia has started its activities. I am very excited and look forward to this great kick-off meeting with some public lectures. You can find details about the meeting below. For information about our network please visit our website: https://dis-abilities-and-digital-media.org/ . Agency – Participation – Cooperation The Praxeological Production of […]
edited volume “Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper – Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven” published (eds. @mesahinol @ChriXCoenen #Motika) #ststwitter #körper #sport #technik #enhancement #disability #cyborg
The edited volume “Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper – Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven”, on which we have been working since the workshop of the same title in 2016, has been published. And here is the link: https://lnkd.in/e4fhYzh
Mein Aufsatz “Enabling-Technologien zwischen #Normalität und #Enhancement: 3D-gedruckte Prothesen für Kinder von Maker*innen” ist erschienen. Infos hier:
Auszug aus der Einleitung: Enabling-Technologien wird nachgesagt, dass sie den Sektor, in dem sie jeweils eingesetzt werden, radikal innovieren, was – auch in Kombination mit anderen Technologien – für Anwender*innen die Steigerung von Leistung und Fähigkeiten bedeutet. Zu diesen Technologien gehört bspw. der 3D-Drucker (Berman 2012), der die Medizintechnik bereits revolutioniert hat. Denn mit dem […]
Lecture Series „Human, Medicine and Society: Past, Present and Future Encounters“ program / „İnsan, Tıp ve Toplum: Geçmiş, Bugün ve Gelecek Buluşmaları“ Konferans Dizimizin programı, 04.12.2019-04.03.2020, 19h, Orient-Institut Istanbul:
Sosyal bilim çalısmalarının, özellikle tıp sosyoloji veya bilim ve teknoloji çalısmalarının (STS, BTT veya BTÇ) ne kadar önemli olduğu bir kez daha ortaya çıkıyor. Bugüne kadar Türkiye’deki bu tarz çalısmalara daha az dikkat gösterilmiştir. Orient Enstitüsünde 2015 yılından bu yana “insan, tıp ve toplum” araştırma alanında Türkiye için bu üçlünün arasındaki bağımlılıkları tartışıyoruz. Daha yeni […]
CfP special issue: “Manufacturing Life” in NanoEthics. Studies of New and Emerging Technologies #sts #enhancement #cyborg #multispecies #innovation #feministSTS #anthropocene #sociology #ethics
Dear colleagues, We invite papers for a special issue: “Manufacturing Life” in NanoEthics. Studies of New and Emerging Technologies (https://link.springer.com/journal/11569) This special issue of NanoEthics “Manufacturing Life” aims to gather research and insights about the (re-)constructions of living beings through practices in life sciences and technology with a focus on cultural, ethical and social issues […]
“Siborg Eylemi: Tekno-serebral Öznenin Oluşumu” adlı sunumumu Sosyoloji Kongresinde 21 Eylül 2019, Cumartesi saat 10:45 de sunacağım #teknolojisosyolojisi #sts #siborgeylemi
Bildiri özeti: Beyin ve bilgisayar arasındaki bağlantı, Beyin Bilgisayar/Beyin Makine Arayüzleri (BCI/BMI) kullanılarak gerçekleşiyor (Kübler/ Neuper 2012; Birbaumer et al. 2010). Beyin aktivitesini kullanarak, BCI aracılığıyla sadece yazılım programları değil (BCI) aynı zamanda robotlar (BMI) gibi donanımlar da (Osuagwu et al. 2016) kontrol edebilinir. Bu kapasite, BCI’yı örneğin felçli hastaları tedavi etme sürecinde cazip bir […]