RU50: Rendering Dr David Gunkel Unconscious, Professor, AI, Philosophy, Communication, Robots, Remix

Today's guest on Rendering Unconscious is David J. Gunkel. PhD, an award-winning educator, scholar and author, specializing in ethics of emerging technology. Formally educated in philosophy and media studies, his teaching and research synthesize the hype of high-technology with the rigor and insight of contemporary critical analysis. He is the author of over 80 scholarly journal articles and book chapters, has published 12 influential books, lectured and delivered award-winning papers throughout North and South America and Europe, is the managing editor and co-founder of the International Journal of Žižek Studies and co-editor of the Indiana University Press series in Digital Game Studies. He currently holds the position of Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University (USA), and his teaching has been recognized with numerous awards, including NIU's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the prestigious Presidential Teaching Professorship. For more, please visit his website: http://gunkelweb.com Also mentioned in this episode are: Mark Amerika: http://markamerika.com Paul D. Miller: http://djspooky.com Eduardo Navas: http://navasse.net Aram Sinnreich: http://sinnreich.com Other RU Podcast guests focused on AI and technology: Damien Patrick Williams RU13: https://soundcloud.com/highbrowlowlife/ru-damien-patrick-williams Isabel Millar RU21: https://soundcloud.com/highbrowlowlife/rendering-isabel-millar-unconscious Jacob Johanssen RU23: https://soundcloud.com/highbrowlowlife/rendering-jacob-johanssen-unconscious-on-digital-media-technology-psychoanalysis-society Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more: www.drvanessasinclair.net Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): www.trapart.net Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud Please visit www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. To support the podcast visit: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more, please visit the following websites: http://gunkelweb.com www.drvanessasinclair.net/podcast www.renderingunconscious.org/about www.trapart.net www.dasunbehagen.org The track at the end of the episode is “The Third Mind” by Katelan Foisy with Vanessa Sinclair from the album Message 23. Released by Highbrow Lowlife: https://vanessasinclair.bandcamp.com/track/the-third-mind-katelan-foisy For more from Katelan Foisy visit: www.katelanfoisy.com And for more of Katelan and Vanessa's work together visit: www.chaosofthethirdmind.com Art by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson from their series "Cut to Fit the Mouth". Original artwork available at Trapart Books, Films, Editions: https://store.trapart.net/item/4 www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Portrait of Dr. David Gunkel www.gunkelweb.com