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Dylan Phelan

@Dylanpjp92

PhD researcher at UCC. Posthumanism and Science Fiction. He/Him.

 Cork, Ireland
Joined March 2018
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What did sci-fi get right (and wrong) about the smart home? Early science fiction imagined smart homes as liberating, but such portrayals have now shifted from utopian to dystopian, writes @Dylanpjp92 @UCC rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0109/…
What did sci-fi get right (and wrong) about the smart home?

What did sci-fi get right (and wrong) about the smart home?

Early science fiction imagined smart homes as liberating, but such portrayals have now shifted from utopian to dystopian

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@Dylanpjp92 tells us about exploitation and alienation in "Humans" (2015) 👽 @uccbo
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Looking forward to presenting my paper at #bookends24 today
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Getting ready for #bookends24. We're very excited to hear from today's delegates.
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With just over a week until #bookends24, we're excited to share the programme for the day!
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I was delighted to present at this year's @theIAAS postgraduate symposium. A big thank you to the organisers for a fantastic conference!
The IAAS (@theIAAS) profile pictureThe IAAS@theIAAS18 Nov 2023
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Dylan Phelan (UCC) on Queering the past: Nostalgia, Rights, and Virtuality
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I'm delighted to have my article, Images of Potential and Capture: Recent Approaches to Posthuman Portrayal in SF Cinema, included in this special edition of Fantastika. Many thanks to the editors at @FantastikaPress fantastikajournal.com/volume…
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I was delighted to present my paper, Images of Potential and Capture: recent approaches in posthuman portrayal in contemporary SF, today at the CRSF conference. #crsf2023
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All set up ready for #CRSF2023 tomorrow 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Good morning, UCC. We're very excited to get under way soon for #bookends23
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There has been a slight change to tomorrow's schedule. You can see the updated version below. We look forward to hearing some great papers tomorrow!
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Aside from being a generally great show, Swarm is one of the best-looking shows I've ever seen.
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LANKUM@LankumDublin10 Mar 2023
Oh captain my captain. ❤
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The abstract deadline is just one week away! Don't forget to send your abstract to [email protected] by the 14th.
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This year's conference will be taking place in the wonderful Shtepps conference room! Don't forget to send us your abstract by March 14th. @EnglishUCC
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We are delighted to announce the CFP for this year's Bookends Conference! @ucc @EnglishUCC
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Ever wonder why your smart speaker comes with a female voice? I discuss why the answer might be found in Science Fiction cinema!
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Why Alexa and your other personal assistants have female voices. The reasons why modern technology reproduces such outdated gender roles might be found in sci-fi films, writes @dylanpjp92 @UCC rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0208/…

Why Alexa and your other personal assistants have female voices

The reasons why modern technology reproduces such outdated gender roles might be found in sci-fi films

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*Big News* Ireland's two postgraduate unions, PGWA and PCAU have decided to merge to form the Postgraduate Workers Organisation. This new union will serve as a united voice for PG researchers across Ireland, and membership is now open: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Postgraduate Worker's Organisation (PWO) Membership Form

Postgraduate Worker's Organisation (PWO) Membership Form

What is PWO? The PWO is the single national union for postgraduate researchers in Ireland. It advocates for better working conditions for postgraduate researchers including better pay, protective...

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Happy 10th birthday to the meme that best describes my worldview.
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I Feel, Therefore I Am: Trauma, Memory, and Posthuman Liberation in Blade Runner (1982) and WestWorld (2016) student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/M… I'm delighted to say my first academic publication is now available online! Many thanks to The Movable Type journal at @ucl

I Feel, Therefore I Am: Trauma, Memory, and Posthuman Liberation in Blade Runner (1982) and...

In both Blade Runner and Westworld, the posthuman subjects appear as humanoid androids or cyborgs and blur the lines between human and technology. This degree of liminality grants the posthuman an...

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