Body Politics
Decoupling the subject from a fixed body-boundary, whether in VR, cyberspace or prosthetics, has political and ethical implications. The commercialisation of body technologies and images is taking place in an unregulated global market.
The politics of abortion in Western Europe and the United States does nothing to moderate the changing gender balance of populations in Asia.
Will the patenting of complex biotechnologies reserve the extension of body choices to a luxury market or make them universally available for health care? Chip implant technologies have an unprecedented potential for the regulation of populations but their imaginative use based on a valuing of human agency and personhood also has emancipatory potential. VR can be used in the entertainment and pornography industries as well as in education, health and disability services. It remains to be seen whether the emerging technologies will outstrip our ability to use them wisely and justly.
Prosthetics And The Virtual Body
Body Politics
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