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Original Title

Synthetic Bodies

English Title

Synthetic Bodies

Type

Abstract

Original Abstract

The text explores the porousness and openness of "synthetic bodies" to diverse possibilities of change, rejecting biology as an immutable destiny. Synthetic bodies are presented as complex assemblages emerging from processes of synthesis, transformation, and recombination—bodies that are collective, sympoietic, and trans-corporeal, revealing the interconnectedness of biological, technological, and social processes. Shaped by synthetic materials, these bodies challenge normative ideas of purely organic forms. Through concepts such as trans-corporeal materiality, posthumanism, and sym-politics, the text examines the ethics and politics of synthetic processes. It envisions ways to reconfigure our relationships with ourselves, technology, and the environment, aiming for a collective future of synthetic becoming, emancipated from the necessity to assemble and recombine within and against extractive infrastructures.

English abstract

The text explores the porousness and openness of "synthetic bodies" to diverse possibilities of change, rejecting biology as an immutable destiny. Synthetic bodies are presented as complex assemblages emerging from processes of synthesis, transformation, and recombination—bodies that are collective, sympoietic, and trans-corporeal, revealing the interconnectedness of biological, technological, and social processes. Shaped by synthetic materials, these bodies challenge normative ideas of purely organic forms. Through concepts such as trans-corporeal materiality, posthumanism, and sym-politics, the text examines the ethics and politics of synthetic processes. It envisions ways to reconfigure our relationships with ourselves, technology, and the environment, aiming for a collective future of synthetic becoming, emancipated from the necessity to assemble and recombine within and against extractive infrastructures.

Keywords

synthetic bodies; synthesis; sympoiesis; trans-corporality; plasticity; posthumanism; synt-ethics; sym-politics; Karen Barad; posthuman performativity; quantum mechanics; bra-ket

Key words in English

synthetic bodies; synthesis; sympoiesis; trans-corporality; plasticity; posthumanism; synt-ethics; sym-politics; Karen Barad; posthuman performativity; quantum mechanics; bra-ket

Authors

VESELÁ, L.

Released

01.09.2024

Publisher

MeetFactory

Location

Praha

ISBN

978-80-908994-3-8

Book

Shapeshift Spaceship Notes

Pages from

40

Pages to

55

Pages count

16

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/

BibTex

@misc{BUT194027,
  author="Lenka {Veselá}",
  title="Synthetic Bodies",
  booktitle="Shapeshift Spaceship Notes",
  year="2024",
  edition="první",
  pages="40--55",
  publisher="MeetFactory",
  address="Praha",
  isbn="978-80-908994-3-8",
  note="Abstract"
}