The Swedish microchipping phenomenon /

Petersén, Moa,

The Swedish microchipping phenomenon / Moa Petersén. - First edition. - 1 online resource (viii, 96 pages). - Emerald points . - Emerald points. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter01: When the Chips Came to Sweden; The Basement; The Struggle within Swedish Biohacking; Media Coverage and the Chips as Business; Chapter 02: Sweden and Technology; Unicorns and Swedish Values; The Wild West and Trust; Agility and Speed; Chapter 03: Chipped Swedes; Who Chips Themself?; Surveillance and the Ideas on a Future for Human Chip Implants; Science Fiction as Reality and Biological BodiesTranshumanism (H+); Concluding Discussion; References; Index.

This book maps the discourse around the Swedish phenomenon of microchipping humans. With help from a theory cluster of different theories on human-technology relationships, the author explains different perspectives present within the discourse.

9781789733570 178973357X 9781789733556 1789733553

9781789733570 Emerald Publishing

GBB9C5635 bnb

019470755 Uk


Electronic surveillance--Sweden.
Integrated circuits.
Microprocessors.
Privacy, Right of--Sweden.
Technology--Social aspects--Sweden.


Electronic books.

TK7882.E2 / P48 2019

621.389/2809485

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