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Embodiment : computer networks and symbiosis revisited
In a discussion that investigates understanding of individual and shared realities we consider in this paper suggestions that computer-mediation has a dehumanising, disembodying effect. A tonic blended from Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and Latour and Callon's actor-network theory is prescribed as an antidote for what has been described as the post-human condition. It is suggested that J.C.R. Licklider's notion of human-computer symbiosis from 1960 may be reconsidered to investigate contemporary networked computer communication using the "six step key" from the theory of autopoiesis (Varela, Maturana & Uri be, 1974) to establish whether the Internet may be considered a consensual domain, or an autopoietic unity.
Funding
Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)
History
Parent Title
Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications,.Start Page
2594End Page
2597Number of Pages
4Start Date
2003-01-01ISBN-13
9781880094488Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, USAPublisher
Association for the Advancement of Computing in EducationPlace of Publication
Norfolk, VA, USAPeer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- No
External Author Affiliations
Faculty of Informatics and Communication;Era Eligible
- No