In his lecture at the Orient-Institut Istanbul on 18 December 2019, Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel from Zurich, Switzerland is going to deal with care robots as well as therapy and surgery robots. He will present well-known and less known examples and clarify the goals, tasks and characteristics of these service robots in the healthcare sector. […]
Category: Cyborg
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:
(for english pls scroll down) İnsan, Tıp ve Toplum alanı, disiplinlerarası, yenilikçi ve geniş bir konu yelpazesini kapsar. Tıp, bilim ve teknolojide görülen hızlı değişim ve gelişmeler toplumların yapısında da sürekli yeniliklere, ve düzenlemelere yol açmaktadır. Bu yenilikler, sağlık kurum ve politikalarının sosyal, ekonomik, hukuki ve kültürel yönleri ile ilgili olup ayrıca hastalık, sağlık, tıp […]
“Human, Medicine and Society: Past, Present and Future Encounters” Series of Lectures, Orient-Institut Istanbul (4 Dec 2019 – 4 Mar 2020) #human #medicine #ststwitter #care #sexrobots #energy #performance #foodbanks #biopower #womanstudies #healthpolitics #art
The issue of Human, Medicine and Society encompasses a broad and interdisciplinary spectrum of topics. Ongoing innovations in medicine, science and technology have led to various possibilities and restructuring orders. These innovations are concerned with social and cultural aspects of illness and health, medicine, health care organizations and health policies. Hence, new practices of self-care combined […]
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 […]
Cyborg Encounters exhibition / Siborg Karşılaşmalar sergisi @STS_Turkey #ststurkey2019 10-12.09. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazağa Kampüsü #cyborg #DisAbility #CripTechnoscience
Cyborg Encounters Contributors: Ayşe Melis Okay, Beyza Dilem Toptal, Burak Kaynar, Burak Taşdizen, Umut Özöver, Öykü Sorgun, Pelin Günay ‘Cyborg Encounters’ offers an experience of a universe; in between past, present and future constituted of hybrids born from the coupling of humans and nonhumans, beyond species and genders. It lives in the duality of integrated […]
Crippling the Transition to the Extraordinary? Enabling Technologies and Extra_Ordinarity #4S2019 #STS #DisAbility #CripTechnoscience
I am speaking on the panel Beyond the Prosthetic Imaginary: New Intersections between STS and Disability Studies II at 4S Conference in New Orleans Thu, September 5, 4:30 to 6:00pm, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, Floor: Eight, Bacchus Crippling the Transition to the Extraordinary? Enabling Technologies and Extra_OrdinarityAbstractEnabling technologies should, as the name implies, make something […]
WorldCafé: Quo vadis Human, Transhuman, Posthuman? Farklı boyutlara, farklı bakışlar
The STS TURKEY coordination team is co-organizing the WorldCafé which deals with the leading question Quo vadis Human, Transhuman, Posthuman? with Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy and Applied Ethics (Ankara, Turkey). The table hosts will cover following topics: Human Enhancement, Mass Surveillance, self-driving vehicles, human-robot conflicts in workplaces, AI Ethics, morality of machines and […]
‘Unless they do not build cyborgs’ Ethics missing the point of cyborg constitution in neuroscientific trials? @ 5th Health, Culture and the Human Body Conference (Istanbul)
I’ll be presenting: “‘Unless they do not build cyborgs’ Ethics missing the point of cyborg constitution in neuroscientific trials?” at the Health, Culture and the Human Body. Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Genetics and Human Enhancement (4.-6. October 2018, Istanbul, Turkey). You can find the program flyer here: HCHB flyer. Abstract: ‘Unless they do not […]
STS TURKEY 2018 Toplum için Bilim ve Teknoloji Çalışmaları Konferansı (10.-11.09.2018, ODTÜ)
Endüstri 4.0, büyük veri, yapay zekâ ve makine ile öğrenme gibi kavramlar, bugün teknokratların veya sanat ve edebiyatın diline mahsus değil; işgücü piyasasından tüketim alışkanlıklarına, politik ilişkilerden kişilerarası ilişkilere kadar her yere nüfûz ediyor. Üreme teknolojileri, estetik cerrahi, nöroteknolojiler, sanal gerçeklik uygulamalarının yaygınlığı, sosyoteknik sistemlerin (enerji, iletişim, vs.) genişleyen kapsamı ve teknobilimin tüm görüngüleri, tüm […]