Author: Alan N. Shapiro

  • Prominente: Groß und Klein

    Die Amerikaner träumen groß. Die größten Hamburger. Die größten Hot Dogs. Zum Mond und Mars. Der Football Super Bowl und die Baseball World Series. Die größten Prominenten. Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Madonna. Sie waren groß. Sie waren die Stars. Das waren die Prominente im Zeitalter der Massenmedien.

  • Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg Ph.D. Diploma

    I graduated from the University of Oldenburg with a Ph.D. in Artistic and Media Research, Faculty of Linguistics and Cultural Studies

  • New York University Diploma

    I graduated from New York University Arts & Sciences with a Master’s Degree in sociology

  • Cornell B.A. Diploma

    I graduated from Cornell University Arts and Science with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.

  • MIT Transcript

    I was accepted as an undergraduate at MIT at age 15. I attended the technology university for four semesters before transferring to Cornell University Arts and Sciences.

  • Donna J. Haraway’s “A Manifesto for Cyborgs”

    Donna Haraway’s text “A Manifesto for Cyborgs” was written in 1985, but it reads as if itwere written yesterday. A cyborg is a hybrid of living organism and machine. The cyborg is a person whose body has been supplemented by artificial components. The term is anacronym derived from “cybernetic organism.”