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A Look at Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Through the Lens of Architecture on Cyborg Politics
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Abstract
This article seeks to look at the current human society surrounded by technology and interconnected by social networking sites from the perspective of viewing humans as cyborgs through the lens of cyborg anthropology, with the necessity and effectiveness of such a lens analyzed in the article. It seeks to define the blurred boundary between humans and non-humans, investigates how the “cyborgness” of the world is brought with architecture, and how our interactions with machines and technology define our identity as humans. A unique look on the architectural representations in the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and its film Blade Runner is provided with the article applying the analytical thinkings discussed. The article seeks to look at the representation of blurred boundaries between humans and nonhumans by inspecting the architectural structures through a literary/film analysis. The article engages itself in the wide discussion of cyberfeminism, challenging ideals that traditional anthropology is ill-equipped to do so, and tries to provoke further discussions.
Keywords
Cyborg anthropology, Hybrid Identities, Donna Haraway
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Liu,S. (2025). A Look at Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Through the Lens of Architecture on Cyborg Politics. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,92,84-93.
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