australasian posthumanities Podcast
1) S2E9: Vivian Blaxell: Nuclear Cats
Vivian Blaxellâs brilliant essay, 'Nuclear Cats', was shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature in 2021. In this Q&A, we get deeper into the thought behind her writing, covering themes like b...Show More
2) S2E8: Hannah McCann and Shirley Xue Chen: Gender & the Pursuit of Beauty
What are feminine masculinity and masculine femininity, and how do popular digital representations shape our notions of beauty, self-care, and work? In this episode, we speak to Dr Hannah McCann and S...Show More
3) S2E7: Louise Richardson-Self: Hate speech against women online
Why are women so frequently targeted with hate speech online and what can we do about it? In this talk, we chat with Dr Louise Richardson-Self about her new book, Hate Speech against Women Online, pub...Show More
4) S2E6: Gary Hall: Writing against elitism with 'A Stubborn Fury'
In this Q&A we chat with Gary Hall about his book, A Stubborn Fury. This book offers a powerful and provocative look at the consequences of this inequality for English culture in particular. Focusing ...Show More
5) S2E5: Joanna Zylinska: 'AI Art: Machine Visions and Warped Dreams'
Can computers be creative? Is algorithmic art just a form of Candy Crush? Cutting through the smoke and mirrors surrounding computation, robotics and artificial intelligence, in this Q&A Joanna Zylins...Show More
6) S2E3: Francesca Ferrando: Posthumanism and the Everyday
How can we implement posthuman ways of existing in everyday life? And what does it mean to be 'posthuman' in Australasia? Dr Elese Dowden discussed these questions with leading Posthuman scholar Dr Fr...Show More
7) S2E2: Christine Daigle: Can Beauvoir's Existentialism Be a Posthumanism?
In this Q&A with feminist philosopher Christine Daigle, we discuss how Simone de Beauvoirâs philosophy represents a first major step towards a rejection of the humanist subject. Christine argues that ...Show More
8) S1E8: Rose Trappes and Ali Teymoori: Explaining Honour Killing with Sexism and Marginalisation
In this talk, we'll hear from Rose Trappes and Ali Teymoori. Honour killing is the murder of women and sometimes men who have been perceived to have broken codes of sexual conduct in a local community...Show More
9) S2E1: Matthew Sharpe: The Marketization of Higher Education and Crisis Tendencies: Australia & Germany Compared
In this Q&A, Matt Sharpe gives us insights from his recent public policy research into the impacts of marketization and casualization on Australian and German universities. The marketization of higher...Show More
10) S1E7: Erin McFadyen: Translating The Animal: Anthropocentrism and Enchantment in Contemporary Australian Poetics
In this podcast, Erin McFadyen thinks about the human desire to voice animal subjectivity, and the limitations of our power to do so. In works such as Les Murrayâs Translations from the Natural World ...Show More