Exoskeletons, Rehabilitation and Bodily Capacities
| Autor: | Denisa Butnaru |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Rehabilitation Social Psychology business.industry medicine.medical_treatment 05 social sciences 050905 science studies medicine.disease Spinal cord Exoskeleton Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine.anatomical_structure 050903 gender studies cyborg exoskeletons phenomenology of the body residual subjectivity spinal cord injury stroke medicine ddc:300 0509 other social sciences business Stroke Spinal cord injury |
| Zdroj: | Body & Society. 27:28-57 |
| ISSN: | 1460-3632 1357-034X |
| Popis: | Motility impairments resulting from spinal cord injuries and cerebrovascular accidents are increasingly prevalent in society, leading to the growing development of rehabilitative robotic technologies, among them exoskeletons. This article outlines how bodies with neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury and stroke engage in processes of re-appropriation while using exoskeletons and some of the challenges they face. The main task of exoskeletons in rehabilitative environments is either to rehabilitate or ameliorate anatomic functions of impaired bodies. In these complex processes, they also play a crucial role in recasting specific corporeal phenomenologies. For the accomplishment of these forms of corporeal re-appropriation, the role of experts is crucial. This article explores how categories such as bodily resistance, techno-inter-corporeal co-production of bodies and machines, as well as body work mark the landscape of these contemporary forms of impaired corporeality. While defending corporeal extension rather than incorporation, I argue against the figure of the ‘cyborg’ and posit the idea of ‘residual subjectivity’. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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