Emerging technologies are creating new synthetic bodies that differ radically from the machines of the past. Biohybrid robots, neural interfaces, artificial organisms, and self-assembling nanotechnologies challenge traditional categories of life, nature, and cognition, opening unprecedented visions for the future of the body. This course explores how speculative technologies may shape our more-than-human future, drawing from feminist perspectives to examine their philosophical, cultural, and political meanings. Combining insights from scientific and humanistic disciplines, the course will investigate how our understanding of matter, bodies, and identities is shifting. Through speculative writing and interdisciplinary discussion, students will explore the evolving landscape of embodiment, questioning established hierarchies between humans, technologies, and the more-than-human world.
