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.
Discursive Program
TODAY’S TOMORROWS
What 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 Body
Talk
Thu 22/6, 5.30 pm: Performing Labour Power
Performance
Thu 22/6, 6 pm: Rehearsing the Future
Talk
Fri 1/9, 6 pm: Ergonomic Futures
Lecture
Wed 6/9, 6 pm: Living Labour / Working Life
Talk
Thu 7/9, 6 pm: Re-Organizing Work
Talk