Cyber Punk

·      1980s

·      Definition:  technology is elite, everyone controlled by technology, post human, sub realities, virtual realm/ internet

·      William Gibson- “noir prophet” of the cyberpunk- cyber cowboys and adventure elements- data becomes more important than anything

·      Post Human- humanist construction of the world changes into the human just being a part of the system// a movement away from humanist preoccupation

·       Post human vs. fundamentalism (idea that there is an absolute and a truth as we know it)

·      Cyber punk as a style

o   Hackers

o   Dystopian view

o   Corporations rule

o   Money

o   Retro

o   Film noir

o   Cyber punk heroine – influenced by 70’s feminism- “ still has babe powers”

·      Donna Haraway- Cyborg Manifesto