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<div class="form-control-static">Relying on Cyborg Manifesto by Dona Haraway this workshop will explore what is acting with new technologies. But not only, it will not be limited to explore “acting”, but as well to turn, to use and to abuse these technologies to unfold what kind of ideology is hovering above the intrusion of digitalization in our everyday life and under our skin. The goal is not to refuse technology but explore if we can use it to display other forms of narratives than the techno-enthusiastic or the technophobic ones. As Haraway suggests, with the cyborg (the avatar, the technological monster) there is a possibility to display other types of stories that escape the traditional narratives of a lost paradise to be found again."A cyborg is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term "cyborg" is derived from "cybernetic organism." Cyborgs are often depicted in science fiction as humans who have been enhanced with mechanical parts, such as robotic limbs or artificial organs." However, nowadays with the massive of digital technologies in our everyday life, we function already like cyborg, where for instance the smart phones enhance our capacities of reaching others persons beyond physical limitation, provide information about our body beyond our direct senses, help to search for information beyond the capacity of our brain.The basic question underlining this course are:Can we use technology to establish new forms of encountering Otherness?Can we go outside our human limitations, in order to explore existence, identity, consciousness, and the nature of reality?</div>

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The course will be organized as a ten-day intensive course in May 2026. Please note that the application period ends already on September 10, 2025.The right to study will be granted based on the motivation letter and the total number of applicants after the application period has ended. A short motivation letter must be attached to the application form.

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This course explores new technologies in order to expand our understanding of acting, of dramaturgy, of narratives, of politics.<ul><li>How to develop new narratives with cyborg? &nbsp;</li><li>How to act with avatars? &nbsp;</li><li>How to use virtual world to create theatrical situations? &nbsp;</li><li>How to expand our capacities to act, to imagine, to tell stories, to reconsider ourselves?</li></ul>

The theatre arts courses at the Open University are intended only for professional actors.

Spring semester 2026, May.&nbsp;Weeks 19 and 20 (4.5.-13.5.). The exact times will be confirmed closer to the date.

 Small group teaching, May 2026

The course will be organized as a ten-day intensive course in May 2026.The right to study will be granted based on the motivation letter and the total number of applicants after the application period has ended. A short motivation letter must be attached to the application form.

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This course explores new technologies in order to expand our understanding of acting, of dramaturgy, of narratives, and of politics.

TEA.785 Cyborg-Avatar-Virtual, 4 cr

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