More Than Machines? : The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology.

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Main Author: Voss, Laura.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld : transcript, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Science Studies
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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Robots Wanted - Dead And/Or Alive -- 1.1. Making Love and Killing People: The Old and New Age of Robotics -- 1.2. Hype, Hope, and Horror -- 1.3. Robots and Science Fiction: Inseparably Linked -- 1.4. Research Question and Approach -- 1.5. Some Methodological Clarifications -- 1.6. A Tour Along the Life Cycle of Robots -- 2. Disciplinary Context and Terminology -- 2.1. Human-Robot-Interaction Research: "Controlling" In/Animacy Attributions -- 2.2. Terminology: Anthropomorphism, Agency, Animacy, and More -- 2.3. Disciplinary Perspectives: Animacy Attribution as an Object of Research vs. Methodological Malpractice -- 3. Making Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Robotics Research and Development -- 3.1. Complex Epistemic Practices in Long-Term HRI -- 3.2. Approach -- 3.3. The Robot Body in the Center of Attention -- 3.4. The Robot as Tool and Team Member -- 3.5. Testing in the Real World: The Unpredictable Robot -- 3.6. Switching Perspectives: In/Animacy Attributions as Constructive Practice -- 3.7. Summary -- 4. Showing Off Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Robotics Demonstrations, Science Communication, and Marketing -- 4.1. Demo or Die: Outreach, Engagement, and Accountability -- 4.2. Approach -- 4.3. Narratives of Agency: Proof of Functionality -- 4.4. Narratives of Desired Futures: Proof of Applicability -- 4.5. Narratives of Animacy: Making Robots Engaging -- 4.6. Switching Perspectives: In/Animacy Attributions as Constructive Practice -- 4.7. Critical Discourse: Simulation or Deception? -- 4.8. Summary -- 5. Reporting on Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Media Discourse -- 5.1. Robotics and Medialization -- 5.2. Approach -- 5.3. Hope, Horror, and Science Fiction -- 5.4. From Human-Shaped Software to the Robot Apocalypse: Practices of Animacy Attribution. 
505 8 |a 5.5. Switching Perspectives: In/Animacy Attributions as Constructive Practice -- 5.6. Critical Discourse: Animacy Attributions as Traffic Bait? -- 5.7. Summary -- 6. Conclusions … and Openings -- 6.1. A Recapitulation -- 6.2. The Constructive Quality of In/Animacy Attributions -- 6.3. Critical Discourse: Individual and Systemic Issues -- 6.4. In/Animacy: Beyond Robotics -- 6.5. Speaking Clearly: A Take-Home Message -- References -- List of Abbreviations -- Appendix. 
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