20 avril 2017
Maxime Derian, « Publication : Adding a Technological Device to my Birth Body Limb Agenesis. Between Normality and Disability », Anthropologie des interfaces Homme/Machine, ID : 10670/1.g3o9jb
EN : This article examines where repair ends and enhancement of the human body through technology begins, using limb agenesis as a case study. Limb agenesis is the congenital absence of one or more limbs, segments of limbs, or extremities. Our analysis focuses on the sociological and psychological issues arising from somatic vulnerability and the use of prosthetics, by studying this particular case of congenital malformation. The article sheds light on the distinction between agenesis and amp...