Envisioning Transhuman Communication Research: Speculative Human Augmentation Technologies and Fictional Abstracts

Caglar Genc; Velvet Spors; Oguz Oz Buruk; Mattia Thibault; Leland Masek; Juho Hamari

doi:10.1145/3623509.3633390

Envisioning Transhuman Communication Research: Speculative Human Augmentation Technologies and Fictional Abstracts

Caglar Genc, Velvet Spors, Oguz Oz Buruk, Mattia Thibault, Leland Masek, Juho Hamari

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Throughout human history, communication has evolved and diversified t hrough v arious m eans, f rom natural languages to modern forms like video and virtual reality. Now, a paradigm shift, transhumanism, is proposing the integration of machines and computers into the human body to augment individuals physically, sensorily, cognitively, and emotionally. In this pictorial, we examine How can we approach the design of transhuman technologies for communication? and How might future research examine their impact on communication? For this, we conducted co-speculation workshops to identify design opportunities, and based on them, created fictional a bstracts envisioning future research. Our work contributes a set of design speculations and a range of thought-provoking research ideas that will foster discussions about probable pitfalls and benefits of transhuman technologies in the future of communication.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TEI 2024 - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Publisher	ACM
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-4007-0402-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3623509.3633390
Publication status	Published - 11 Feb 2024
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction - Cork, Ireland Duration: 11 Feb 2024 → 14 Feb 2024 Conference number: 18

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Conference	International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Cork
Period	11/02/24 → 14/02/24

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communication
fictional abstracts
human-technology integration
speculative design
Transhumanism

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Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Software

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Transhuman Communication: Human Augmentation Technologies through Co-Speculation Workshops
Genç, Ç., Spors, V., Buruk, O., Thibault, M., Masek, L. & Hamari, J., 8 Nov 2024, In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 8, CSCW2, p. 1-26
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Crafting Bodies and Auras: Speculative Designs for Transhuman Communication
Caglar, G., Spors, V., Buruk, O. '., Thibault, M., Masek, L. & Hamari, J., Oct 2023, p. 354-358. 5 p.
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Genc, C., Spors, V., Buruk, O. O., Thibault, M., Masek, L., & Hamari, J. (2024). Envisioning Transhuman Communication Research: Speculative Human Augmentation Technologies and Fictional Abstracts. In TEI 2024 - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction Article 42 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3623509.3633390

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Crafting Bodies and Auras: Speculative Designs for Transhuman Communication

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