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Cyborgs of the Ecocene : What Robots Can Teach Us about Being Human in a Calamitous World - Louise Veling

Cyborgs of the Ecocene

What Robots Can Teach Us about Being Human in a Calamitous World

By: Louise Veling

Hardcover | 15 August 2026

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  • Offers a detailed account of robots and robotics research across a number of field and test sites, many of which have not previously been subject to ethnographic attention. This provides novel insights into the work of robotics, the figure of the robot, and the use of robots. The book also contributes to demystifying the work of robotics and AI.
  • Provides novel theoretical resources for the conceptualisation of the figure of the human as an alternative to the dominant 'economic' model, or the posthuman erasure of a model for the human. There is an urgent need for new conceptual resources in the current debate around sustainability and climate change.
  • As well as these academic contributions, this book provides engaging, personal and nuanced vignettes of older people's interactions with robots, which counter many of the stereotypes and assumptions that often accompany these studies.

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