Central themes in body ecology

Andrieu, Bernard; Sirost, Olivier

doi:10.4324/9780203704059-2

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“…The mobilization of unused neurophysiological resources in quadriplegic people, with a brain interface machine, provides them with a new way of communicating with the world. The use of advanced assistive technologies allows activation, but also an awareness, of the living body and capability hybridization reveals these new potentialities (Andrieu and Sirost 2018). It is not mere enhancement for the purpose of exceed human capacities, but it is rather a transformation that allows for the discovery of another possible self (Clark 2004).…”

Section: The Radical Cyborg Against the Transhuman Cyborgmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Cybathlon experience: beyond transhumanism to capability hybridization

Richard

Andrieu

2019

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport

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The Cybathlon is a new kind of competition that embraces disabled people who use advanced assistive technologies. The purpose of this essay is to interpret the Cybathlon not as a 'transhuman' sport for enhanced athletes but as a place for experimenting with 'capability hybridatization' of the self. We wish to show that the figure of the transhuman cyborg that dominates the media coverage of disabled athletes is an attempt to approximate the ablebodied standard. This figure is problematic because it excludes athletes who cannot meet it. We defend the idea that capability hybridization, on the other hand, does not seek to approach a standard, but aims to promote and legitimize variedly able bodies. This article will be organized in three stages. First, we will highlight the production of the transhuman cyborg at work in contemporary disability sport. Then, we will show that this transhuman cyborg is based on ableist and heteronormative conceptions of the body that are opposed to a postmodern definition of the cyborg. Finally, we will argue that the Cybathlon, as it currently exists, is not a showcase of this transhuman cyborg but, above all, a place to experiment with a form of capability hybridization.

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Section: The Radical Cyborg Against the Transhuman Cyborgmentioning

confidence: 99%