Race as technology: from posthuman cyborg to human industry
Cyborg and prosthetic technologies frame prominent posthumanist approaches to understanding the nature of race. But these frameworks struggle to accommodate the phenomena of racial passing and racial travel, and their posthumanist orientation blurs useful distinctions between racialized humans and t...
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doaj-f04177f7fc314a879eac1f84a69ddc982020-11-25T00:46:16ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaIlha do Desterro 0101-48462175-80262017-06-01702395210.5007/2175-8026.2017v70n2p3927281Race as technology: from posthuman cyborg to human industryNicholaos Jones0Holly Jones1The University of Alabama in HuntsvilleThe University of Alabama in HuntsvilleCyborg and prosthetic technologies frame prominent posthumanist approaches to understanding the nature of race. But these frameworks struggle to accommodate the phenomena of racial passing and racial travel, and their posthumanist orientation blurs useful distinctions between racialized humans and their social contexts. We advocate, instead, a humanist approach to race, understanding racial hierarchy as an industrial technology. Our approach accommodates racial passing and travel. It integrates a wide array of research across disciplines. It also helpfully distinguishes among grounds of racialization and conditions facilitating impacts of such racialization.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/47735harawayindustrial technologyhumanismracial hierarchy |
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Cyborg and prosthetic technologies frame prominent posthumanist approaches to understanding the nature of race. But these frameworks struggle to accommodate the phenomena of racial passing and racial travel, and their posthumanist orientation blurs useful distinctions between racialized humans and their social contexts. We advocate, instead, a humanist approach to race, understanding racial hierarchy as an industrial technology. Our approach accommodates racial passing and travel. It integrates a wide array of research across disciplines. It also helpfully distinguishes among grounds of racialization and conditions facilitating impacts of such racialization. |
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haraway industrial technology humanism racial hierarchy |
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