Events
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Those Serendipitous Mavericks: The Ratio Club and early British Cybernetics
13:00 - 15:00 29 October 2026
A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All events will run from 13:00 to 15:00 and will be hosted at the University of Manchester. Event...
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Ghost in the Machine: The Battle for the Human Mind
13:00 - 15:00 26 November 2026
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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The Spectre of Automation: Robots in the New Jerusalem
13:00 - 15:00 28 January 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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“It’s alive!”: Prometheus, Frankenstein, and the Cyborgs
13:00 - 15:00 25 February 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Intergalactic Network: The real origins of the Internet
13:00 - 15:00 18 March 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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