Re-writing the machinic anthropocene - Initial Research

'Re-writing the machinic anthropocene' investigates how speculative fictional methods in creative practice could be used to expose and rewrite the relations between digital technologies and the anthropocene, and also how these methods could bring into view nonhuman voices and perspectives. This item contains initial research explorations for the project. The fictional approach was made operational via the construction of a fictive research space and set of research personas, positioned below an e-waste site. From here a mapping process traced the technical hyperobject of a smartphone, including the sourcing of raw materials, the production of new forms of waste and the impacts on human and nonhuman. This map was developed into The Signal and the Rock: Proposal for a film (2014-18), an iterative multimedia lecture that exposes and rewrites the technical hyperobject of a smartphone.《重构机械人类世》（Re-writing the machinic anthropocene）旨在探究创意实践中的推测性虚构方法如何被用于揭示并重构数字技术与人类世之间的关系，同时探讨此类方法何以展现非人类的声音与视角。本数据集收录了该项目的初步研究探索成果。该虚构研究路径通过搭建一处位于电子垃圾场下方的虚构研究场域与一系列研究角色得以落地实施。依托该场域，研究团队通过制图流程完整追溯了智能手机这一技术超客体（hyperobject）的脉络，涵盖原材料开采、新型废弃物生成以及对人类与非人类主体的影响。该制图成果最终发展为《信号与磐石：电影创作提案（2014-2018）》——一部旨在揭示并重构智能手机这一技术超客体的迭代式多媒体讲座作品。