The future of the human

Question 1

Technology

Answer 1

A process of revealing, creating of ‘bring forth’ - Heidegger (brings forth specific human forms)

Question 2

Humanism

Answer 2

A doctrine, attitude, or way of life centered on human interests or values

Question 3

Human as the exception

Answer 3

Break from and with nature

Question 4

Human exceptionalism

Answer 4

Humans are able to reason and have the capacity to have thought and self-awareness (unlike other parts of nature)

Question 5

Posthumanism

Answer 5

Reaction on humanism

Question 6

Dualism

Answer 6

Wat is body en wat is mind?

(Harraway)

Question 7

Cyborg

Answer 7

Cybernetic organism

(Harraway)

Question 8

Transhumanism

Answer 8

Human at the center of humanism and modern political formation. Aim if transcending the physical and mental limitations of human by technological means

(Farman)

Question 9

Singularity

Answer 9

A technological future where I has become so powerful that it upgrades itself creating superintelligence

(Farman)

Question 10

Silicon-based computation

Answer 10

Making fleshy humans obsolete

(Farman)

Question 11

Extropy

Answer 11

Evolving framework of values ​​and standards for continuously improving the human condition (destruction is not reversible (death/aging))
–> believing that technology and science will eventually make humans live indefinitely

(Max Moore)

Question 12

Core of transhumanism

Answer 12

• Life extension advocacy
• Expand human capabilities
• Humans merging with technology
• Better than Well
• More human, more happiness, more health, more life, etc.

(Farman)

Question 13

Multispecies ethnography

Answer 13

New method for research: recognition that humans are not isolated from the natural world but are intertwined with it

(Kirksey)

Question 14

Holistic approach

Answer 14

Interconnectedness of humans, animals, plants and other organisms

(Kirksey)

Question 15

Post-humanist perspective

Answer 15

Challenges the human-centered (anthropocentric) world.

(Kirksey)

Question 16

Anthropocene

Answer 16

Geological era/epoch characterized by significant and lasting impact of human activities on the earth’s geology and ecosystems.
–> Emphasizes human responsibility for the harmful effects on the planet

(Harraway)

Question 17

Capitalocene

Answer 17

Emphasizes capitalism as the driving force behind ecological problems.
–> Capitalist systems exploit natural resources and increase social inequality

(Harraway)

Question 18

Plantationocene

Answer 18

Impact of colonization and production of crops such as sugar, cotton and tobacco, on the environment and social structures.
–> Plantation-like systems have caused exploitation and ecological disruption.

(Harraway)

Question 19

Chthulucene

Answer 19

Alternative to the above concepts. Refers to an era in which complex relationships between human and non-human actors are valued.

(Harraway)

Question 20

Critical posthumanism

Answer 20

Critical look at humanism and human exceptionalism- reducing human centrism- “making kin”- multispecies- etc.

Question 21

Transhumanism

Answer 21

Developing with technology to become MORE human through NBIC technologies (nano, bio, informatic and cognitive)

Question 22

Sub-anthropomorfisme

Answer 22

Wanneer we menselijke eigenschappen aan dingen toeschrijven die niet menselijk zijn, zoals dieren of voorwerpen, maar dit niet overdoen, zodat ze nog steeds als niet-menselijk worden gezien. Het helpt om die dingen begrijpelijker of interessanter te maken voor mensen.

(Vidal)

Question 23

Anthropomorfisme

Answer 23

Niet-menselijke dingen, menselijke eigenschappen of gedrag geven, zoals pratende dieren in tekenfilms. Dit doen we om dingen begrijpelijker en interessanter te maken.

(Vidal)

Question 24

Petite cyborg

Answer 24

Wordt voorgesteld om wezens te beschrijven die ergens tussen mens en technologische verlossing staan. Ze bestaan uit een combinatie van levend weefsel en kunstmatige onderdelen, en zijn afhankelijk van zowel sociale als materiële aspecten. Dit voorstel komt voort uit zorgen geuit door wetenschappers, filosofen en schrijvers van fantasy en sciencefiction

(Boss)

Question 25

Citadellen

Answer 25

Centra van macht; zoals laboratoria, computerontwikkeling, laboratoria en klinieken. (Bruun)

Question 26

New humanism

Answer 26

Ziet de mens als een proces en werkwoord (Hasse)

Question 27

Ontologie

Answer 27

De filosofische tak die het wezen onderzoekt dat achter de waargenomen werkelijkheid schuilgaat (Hasse)

Question 28

Ontogeny

Answer 28

de manier van groei en ontwikkeling van een individu tot volwassenheid (Hasse)

Question 29

The Singularist

Answer 29

“The figure of the Vitruvian singularist posthuman basically becomes a term for a kind of technology-merged cyborgian figure, which prioritises the technologically enhanced super human. As this posthuman has no feeble body, all signs of race, ethnicity, class, and gender are also erased as it promises global enhancements—an example of what the anthropologist Sareeta Amrute has named ‘Tech ColonialismToday’ (Hasse)

Question 30

The spinozist

Answer 30

They question human exceptionalism and our right to destroy life conditions for humans and non-humans, as well as questioning the Vitruvian normative and bounded conceptions of intelligent humans. (Hasse)