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In: Nytt norsk tidsskrift, Band 37, Heft 1, S. 19-33
ISSN: 1504-3053
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In: Nytt norsk tidsskrift, Band 37, Heft 1, S. 19-33
ISSN: 1504-3053
According to the Swedish science fiction TV series Äkta människor (Real Humans, SVT and Matador film 2012-2014), humanoid robots called "hubots" are replacing the human workforce in care work and assembly line industries. Against the backdrop of current debates about immigration and citizenship in the Nordic countries, this article does a close, contextual reading of the series, exploring how the hubots influence work and family life. We are particularly interested in how hubots tie in with the cultural circulation of aff ect in relation to Otherness and how responses towards the "not-quite" human or dehumanized Other are negotiated in present-day Nordic cultural imaginaries. What kinds of affects are at stake in how Äkta människor takes up and interacts with debates about immigrant workers and the "not-quite" human? To answer these questions, the article develops the notion of "affective imaginaries" as an analytical tool for understanding the exchange between popular culture and political debate. ; publishedVersion
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In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research, Band 9, Heft 4, S. 515
ISSN: 1799-649X
According to the Swedish science fiction TV series Äkta människor (Real Humans, SVT and Matador film 2012-2014), humanoid robots called "hubots" are replacing the human workforce in care work and assembly line industries. Against the backdrop of current debates about immigration and citizenship in the Nordic countries, this article does a close, contextual reading of the series, exploring how the hubots influence work and family life. We are particularly interested in how hubots tie in with the cultural circulation of affect in relation to Otherness and how responses towards the "not-quite" human or dehumanized Other are negotiated in the present-day Nordic cultural imaginaries. What kinds of affects are at stake in how Äkta människor takes up and interacts with debates about immigrant workers and the "not-quite" human? To answer these questions, the article develops the notion of "affective imaginaries" as an analytical tool for understanding the exchange between popular culture and political debate. ; peerReviewed
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According to the Swedish science fiction TV series Äkta människor (Real Humans, SVT and Matador film 2012-2014), humanoid robots called "hubots" are replacing the human workforce in care work and assembly line industries. Against the backdrop of current debates about immigration and citizenship in the Nordic countries, this article does a close, contextual reading of the series, exploring how the hubots influence work and family life. We are particularly interested in how hubots tie in with the cultural circulation of affect in relation to Otherness and how responses towards the "not-quite" human or dehumanized Other are negotiated in present-day Nordic cultural imaginaries. What kinds of affects are at stake in how Äkta människor takes up and interacts with debates about immigrant workers and the "not-quite" human? To answer these questions, the article develops the notion of "affective imaginaries" as an analytical tool for understanding the exchange between popular culture and political debate.
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In: Somatechnics: journal of bodies, technologies, power, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 143-162
ISSN: 2044-0146
In: Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning, Band 45, Heft 2-3, S. 73-88
ISSN: 1891-1781