King’s College London’s Centre for Technology and the Body to examine the relationship between technology and the body

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities has launched the Centre for Technology and the Body as part of the new Digital Futures Institute.

Bodies in the fetal position shown encases in a translucent geodesic sphere.
The Faculty of Arts & Humanities has launched the Centre for Technology and the Body as part of the new Digital Futures Institute.

The Centre for Technology and the Body is led by Professor Fay Bound Alberti and recognises the significance of technologies and how they impact on the ways we live, look, and experience the world around us – from the opportunities promised by assistive living to the challenges posed by surveillance and facial recognition systems.

Technology and the body have always intersected, from what we eat and drink, to how we spend our time, heal our bodies or fight wars. How we use technology matters. It can reinforce sexism, racism, ableism, and inequality, or provide pathways to living well. As a historian who has spent 20 years researching medicine, emotion, and the body, I’m looking forward to supporting interdisciplinary research across King’s that explores the ethical, cultural and social worlds of past, present and future technologies.
– Professor Fay Bound Alberti, Director of the Centre for Technology and the Body
Professor Fay Bound Alberti is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, she directs the project Interface, which explores the history and meanings of the human face.