▌2020學實學校｜不死之軀—續命術、數位替生與賽伯格
「不死之軀」系列講座以人類對於「永生」的慾望為出發點，及醫療知識對人類生、死經驗的中介與影響，逐場次地推展關於科技發展下對未來生命想像的討論。
本年度的第五場講座將由東吳大學社會學系教授張君玫擔任講師，國立臺北藝術大學藝術跨域研究所副教授黃建宏擔任回應人，講授「蓋婭與賽伯格的技術政治」專題演講。在當今人類的存在越趨強勢，但同時不斷面臨各種挑戰的時代，本次講座將反思人類於大地演化中的角色，也將分別勾勒蓋婭和賽伯格這兩個跨世紀的核心批判形象，其中所蘊含的生命政治意向，並探討技術體在生命演化和政治行動中的位置。
講座將於2020年7月25日（週六）下午2至4點於空總臺灣當代文化實驗場iCENTER舉辦，歡迎有興趣的朋友踴躍報名參與（本活動為免費活動）。
▌講座大綱
講題｜蓋婭與賽伯格的技術政治
講師｜張君玫（東吳大學社會學系教授）
回應人｜黃建宏（國立臺北藝術大學藝術跨域研究所副教授）
近年來由於人類世的生態危機意識，蓋婭假說和相關理論再度受到重視，尤其是生命、技術和大地之間的關係，以及人類如何成為或早已經是地質學的力量。在談論這個問題時，很多人文學者忽略人類並不是唯一的歷史行動者，也不是唯一會製造技術的生物，因此也難以掌握其他生命形式在大地演化中的重要作用。此外，在當代後人類甚或反人類的歷史困局中，人類科技的發展究竟扮演了怎樣的角色，依然是一個很曖昧的議題。賽伯格的批判意象充分體現了人類科技的道德曖昧，並雜揉了對父權體制及資本主義線性歷史觀點的批判，以及當下跨界生存策略的可能性。在這次講座中，我會先分別勾勒蓋婭和賽伯格這兩個跨世紀的核心批判形象，其中蘊含了怎樣的生命政治意向，並探討技術體在生命演化和政治行動中的位置。
▌講座資訊
講題｜蓋婭與賽伯格的技術政治
講師｜張君玫（東吳大學社會學系教授）
回應人｜黃建宏（國立臺北藝術大學藝術跨域研究所副教授）
地點｜臺灣當代文化實驗場 iCENTER
▌關於講師及回應人
張君玫
東吳大學社會學系教授。求學時期開始從事社會科學的理論翻譯工作，博士論文研究華文現代性的相關論述，一向主張跨科際的研究取向。研究與教學領域為社會學理論、後殖民論述、女性主義理論、生態與動物研究等。主要著作包括《後殖民的賽伯格：哈洛威和史碧華克的批判書寫》（臺北：群學，2016）、《後殖民的陰性情境：語文、翻譯和欲望》（臺北：群學，2012），〈分子化翻譯〉，《臺灣理論關鍵詞》，史書美、梅家玲、廖朝陽、陳東升編，頁21-34。（臺北：聯經出版社，2019）
黃建宏
生於1968年，台灣高雄人，畢業於東海大學化學系，之後前往巴黎。在賈克·洪席耶的指導下於2004年取得巴黎第八大學哲學所美學組博士。2005年起先後任教於世新大學廣電系、台南藝術大學造形藝術研究所、國立臺北藝術大學藝術跨域研究所副教授，2017年任國立高雄師範大學跨領域藝術研究所副教授兼任所長，2018年起擔任國立臺北藝術大學藝術跨域研究所副教授及關渡美術館館長。
共同主辦｜空總臺灣當代文化實驗場、立方計劃空間
策劃｜立方計劃空間
*立方計劃空間由國藝會、台北市文化局、RC文化藝術基金會及陳泊文先生贊助營運
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As a thematic lecture/workshop series initiated by TheCube Project Space in 2016, Praxis School has been co-organized by TheCube and C-LAB since 2018, and will enter its fifth year in 2020.
Following the theme Tiangong Kaiwu II: Modern Life and the History of Technology that ran through the events in 2018 and 2019, the 2020 Praxis School advances it by treating human desire for immortality as the point of departure, focusing on how medical knowledge intervenes in and affects human experiences of life and death, so as to progressively spark insightful discussions on the imagination of future life in view of current technological development. The main theme of the 2020 Praxis School, Immortal Body, is divided into several subthemes that touch upon the concepts of life sustaining wizardry, digital replacement, cyborg, and so forth, through which the 2020 Praxis School attempts to explore the views of life in different societies and knowledge systems as well as in different stages of technological development.
#4_2020/06/21 (Sun.) 2-4pm
❚ Gaia and Cyborg: Politics of Technology
Lecturer: Chuang Chun-Mei (prof., Department of Sociology, Soochow University, Taipei)
Respondent: Huang Chien-Hung (associate prof., Institute of Trans-disciplinary Arts at National Taipei University of Arts)
Venue: C-Lab iCENTER (No.177, Sec. 1, Jianguo S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City)
With the increasing awareness of the Anthropocene, the Gaia hypothesis and its associated theories have gained more attention, especially those about the interconnections between life, technology and Earth, and humanity as a geological force. Scholars in the humanities tend to ignore the fact that human beings are not the only kind of historical agents nor the only species capable of technological practices. Therefore, they fail to grasp the vital roles of other life-forms in the evolution of Gaia. Besides, it remains ambiguous what purpose human technological development plays in the post-human or anti-human predicament. The critical image of the cyborg has embodied social technology's ethical ambiguity, with a critique of the linear patriarchal and the capitalist conception of history, as well as a potentiality for transboundary survival strategies. In this lecture, I will clarify the images of Gaia and cyborg, as well as their respective bio-political implications. Then I will discuss the role technological bodies play in the evolution of life and political actions.
❚ About the Lecturer/ Respondent
Chuang Chun-Mei
Chuang received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the City University of New York; she is currently a sociology professor at Soochow University in Taipei. Her research field includes feminist theories, sociological theories postcolonial discourse, science and technology studies, animal studies and ecology, and psychoanalysis. She also translated Donna Haraway’s Simian, Cyborgs and Woman: The Reinvention of Nature into Chinese.
Huang Chien-Hung
Born in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Based in Taipei, Taiwan.
Associate Professor of Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Arts National Taipei University of Arts, Institute of Trans-disciplinary Arts. He has published numerous books, including Trans-fiction: Investigation project of Asia (2017), Discordant Harmony (2016), Smile of Montage (2013) , Trans-Plex Agenda (2011), An Independent Discourse (2010). Huang has curated shows such as Trans-Justice, in Taipei MoCA (2018), Discordant Harmony in Kuandu Museum, Trans-Archiving in PhotoAura Space (2016), Discordant Harmony in Artsonje Center, in Seoul; Exhibition Histories in Asia, in ACC of Gwangju; Discordant Harmony in Hiroshima MoCA (2015), POST-movements: Nights of Café Muller in Kuandu Museum (2014), Romance of NG in Tina-Ken Gallery, Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0 in Linz (2013).
* more information: http://thecubespace.com/en/project/immortal-body-life-sustaining-wizardry-digital-replacement-and-cyborg/
Co-organizer | TheCube Project Space, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab
Concept | TheCube Project Space
TheCube Project Space is supported by National Culture and Arts Foundation, Department of Culture Affairs, Taipei City Government, RC Culture and Arts Foundation and Chen Po-Wen.
