Published: 2023-06-21

Swarm–Hybrid–Technology: The Transmedial Possibilities of Becoming-Insect

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Abstract

According to Rosi Braidotti, insects are determined by their in-between-ness and continuous becoming. The paper analyses the assemblage of insect figurations on two levels: non-human technology and unnatural narrative in stories about a transformation. Following Jussi Parikka’s media archaeology research, becoming-insect is examined on transmedial examples from literature (Franz Kafka—The Metamorphosis), film (David
Cronenberg—The Fly), video games and VR (All in! Games—Metamorphosis) and networked media. According to Jan Alber, exploration beyond human stances and defamiliarization in narrative fiction leads to the shift of cognitive frameworks. Radically Other insects transgress the anthropocentric paradigm and execute posthuman assumptions by a hybrid entanglement with humans and machines.

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Piekutowski, P. F. (2023). Swarm–Hybrid–Technology: The Transmedial Possibilities of Becoming-Insect. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1 (11), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2023.11.04

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No. 1 (11) (2023)
Published: 2023-06-30


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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