Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht University)
This lecture begins by defining the posthuman turn in the contemporary Humanities interms of the convergence between post-humanism – which critiques the ideal of Mas as themeasure of all thigs- and post-anthropocentrism – which critiques species hierarchy.It addresses posthuman scholarship not as a symptom of crisis, but rather as a vitalregeneration of the field. What are the parameters that define posthuman subjects ofknowledge? The lecture goes on to present a critical framework to understand the emergingfield of the critical posthumanities – notably the Environmental and the Digital Humanities.It proposes a cartography of the different posthumanities and explores their interactionwith both traditional Humanities disciplines and the interdisciplinary critical “studies” areas,notably gender and postcolonial studies. What is posthuman ethical accountability inscholarship today?