Tyler Coburn: Ergonomic Futures

Lecture by Tyler Coburn

Ergonomic Futures is a multi-part project that asks questions about contemporary “fitness” through the lens of speculative evolution. What are future scenarios for imagining new types of human bodies, and how might this thought experiment reframe conversations about body normativity in the present day?

The lecture comes out of Tyler Coburn’s interviews with paleoanthropologists, ergonomists, evolutionary biologists, and genetic engineers.

www.ergonomicfutures.com

Discursive Program
TODAY’S TOMORROWSWhat will the world of work look like tomorrow? How can one act today in order to question the conceptions of capitalism, of de-regulation as well as geographical and gender-related separations of work? How can alternatives be addressed and shaped?

Wed 21/6, 8 pm: Working the BodyTalk

Thu 22/6, 5.30 pm: Performing Labour PowerPerformance

Thu 22/6, 6 pm: Rehearsing the FutureTalk

Fri 1/9, 6 pm: Ergonomic FuturesLecture

Wed 6/9, 6 pm: Living Labour / Working LifeTalk

Thu 7/9, 6 pm: Re-Organizing WorkTalk