Saturday, May 9th
Morning Sessions
9:30-10:00
Registration
10-10:30
Introduction, Welcome & Acknowledgments
The Organizers:
Francesca Ferrando
Farzad Mahootian
Yunus Tuncel
Symposium Art:
Gisella Sorrentino
10:30-11:30
Panel 1: Posthumanism, Robotics and AI
Kevin LaGrandeur
“Reimagining the Notions of Body and Space in Light of AI”
Peggy Reynolds
“Drawing the Line: Determining the Boundaries in the Posthuman Era”
James McBride
“The Advent of Postmodern Robotic TechnoReligiosity”
11:30-12:30
Keynote Speaker
Rosi Braidotti (live from the University of Utrecht, Holland)
12:30-1:00
Posthuman Voices
Luis Rivera-Nesrala on Posthumanism and Language
Louisa Bahet on Cosmic Identity
Chabelly Pacheco / Caitlin McMahon / Harin Lee
on Millennials, Social Media and Love
Rahma Cali on Environmentalism and Posthuman Futures
Keran Li on Post-Dualism and Christianity
1:00 – 2:00
Lunch
Performance on Identity
by Alessandro Michael Harabin, Michele W. Wainaina and Nia Blessitt
Afternoon Sessions
2:00-3:00
Panel 2: Posthumanism and Society
Magda Vicini
“Reform Project: Residences of Children in Social Vulnerability"
Maciej Czerniakowski
“First Traces of Posthuman Politics in Polish Legislation”
Gerceida Jones
“Space Migration: Is It Possible?”
3:00-4:00
Panel 3: Posthumanism, Gender & Possible Futures
Carole Guesse
“Posthuman (non-)societies in Houellebecq’s La Possibilité d’une île
and Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake”
Claudia Castañeda
“Beasts of the Southern Wild: Beyond the 'Human' in 'Post-Human'?”
Marleen Barr
“Robert Heinlein's Podkayne of Mars and Faux Posthumanism”
4:00-4:30
Coffee Break
Screening
Colin Marchon
“Our Transhuman Identity” (Documentary)
Performance on Identity by Sonia Contreras
4:30-5:15
Keynote Speaker
James Hughes
5:15-6:15
Panel 6: Posthuman Arts and Aesthetics
Geoffrey Alan Rhodes
"Augmented Reality and the Posthuman: An (AR) Allegory of the (VR) Cave"
Adam Zaretsky
"Oocyte Aesthetic, Human Design and Mission Creep"
Virginie Sommet
“Ectogenesis"
6:15-6:45
Conclusions
Posthuman-Inspired Music by Maggie Kacey and Alyson Greenfield
Morning Sessions
9:30-10:00
Registration
10-10:30
Introduction, Welcome & Acknowledgments
The Organizers:
Francesca Ferrando
Farzad Mahootian
Yunus Tuncel
Symposium Art:
Gisella Sorrentino
10:30-11:30
Panel 1: Posthumanism, Robotics and AI
Kevin LaGrandeur
“Reimagining the Notions of Body and Space in Light of AI”
Peggy Reynolds
“Drawing the Line: Determining the Boundaries in the Posthuman Era”
James McBride
“The Advent of Postmodern Robotic TechnoReligiosity”
11:30-12:30
Keynote Speaker
Rosi Braidotti (live from the University of Utrecht, Holland)
12:30-1:00
Posthuman Voices
Luis Rivera-Nesrala on Posthumanism and Language
Louisa Bahet on Cosmic Identity
Chabelly Pacheco / Caitlin McMahon / Harin Lee
on Millennials, Social Media and Love
Rahma Cali on Environmentalism and Posthuman Futures
Keran Li on Post-Dualism and Christianity
1:00 – 2:00
Lunch
Performance on Identity
by Alessandro Michael Harabin, Michele W. Wainaina and Nia Blessitt
Afternoon Sessions
2:00-3:00
Panel 2: Posthumanism and Society
Magda Vicini
“Reform Project: Residences of Children in Social Vulnerability"
Maciej Czerniakowski
“First Traces of Posthuman Politics in Polish Legislation”
Gerceida Jones
“Space Migration: Is It Possible?”
3:00-4:00
Panel 3: Posthumanism, Gender & Possible Futures
Carole Guesse
“Posthuman (non-)societies in Houellebecq’s La Possibilité d’une île
and Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake”
Claudia Castañeda
“Beasts of the Southern Wild: Beyond the 'Human' in 'Post-Human'?”
Marleen Barr
“Robert Heinlein's Podkayne of Mars and Faux Posthumanism”
4:00-4:30
Coffee Break
Screening
Colin Marchon
“Our Transhuman Identity” (Documentary)
Performance on Identity by Sonia Contreras
4:30-5:15
Keynote Speaker
James Hughes
5:15-6:15
Panel 6: Posthuman Arts and Aesthetics
Geoffrey Alan Rhodes
"Augmented Reality and the Posthuman: An (AR) Allegory of the (VR) Cave"
Adam Zaretsky
"Oocyte Aesthetic, Human Design and Mission Creep"
Virginie Sommet
“Ectogenesis"
6:15-6:45
Conclusions
Posthuman-Inspired Music by Maggie Kacey and Alyson Greenfield
