Abstract
This articles concern is the semiotic and cultural history of the cyborg, a hybrid figure that finds one of its earliest and, for western societies, most profound manifestations in the tortured, perforated and bleeding body of the crucified Christ. This hybrid – God and man – is interrogated in order to explain the ability of such figures to articulate a range of experiences and understandings of embodiment, and to reveal the mechanisms and possibilities of our engagements with technology.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Scan: journal of media arts culture |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher version archived with the permission of the Editor, Scan, Department of Media, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia. This copy is available for individual, non-commercial use. Permission to reprint/republish this version for other uses must be obtained from the publisher.Keywords
- embodiment
- technology
- culture
- semiotics