{"671696":{"#nid":"671696","#data":{"type":"news","title":"How The Posthuman Helps Us Respond to a Changing World","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESometimes, it feels like our world is becoming more dystopian by the day. Many of us stepped outside into cities engulfed by wildfire smoke or smothered in heat domes this summer, and the sci-fi-like rise of artificial intelligence raises concerns over how it will\u0026nbsp;reshape the job market.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, are the science fiction and dystopian novels that touch on these topics cautionary tales? Or are they blueprints for change, charting a way forward to a better world? If you look at the media through a posthuman lens, the answer is both.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/featured-news\/2023\/11\/posthuman-helps-respond-changing-world\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts website.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe posthuman, or posthumanism, asks\u0026nbsp;what the world could look like if humans weren\u0027t the central characters. Applying that question to literature and media can help us learn how to achieve better futures \u2014 and avoid worse ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The posthuman, or posthumanism, asks what the world could look like if humans weren\u0027t the central characters. Applying that question to literature and media can help us learn how to achieve better futures \u2014 and avoid worse ones."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2023-12-21 16:45:53","changed_gmt":"2023-12-21 18:06:10","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672637":{"id":"672637","type":"image","title":"posthuman.jpg","body":null,"created":"1703177160","gmt_created":"2023-12-21 16:46:00","changed":"1703177160","gmt_changed":"2023-12-21 16:46:00","alt":"In a dystopian setting, a person stands in front of a large worm-hole like structure.","file":{"fid":"255913","name":"posthuman.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/21\/posthuman.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/21\/posthuman.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":816684,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/12\/21\/posthuman.jpg?itok=e_igg7G0"}}},"media_ids":["672637"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/featured-news\/2023\/11\/posthuman-helps-respond-changing-world","title":"How The Posthuman Helps Us Respond to a Changing World Primary"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dminardi3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDi Minardi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}