The Connector: Living with Experimental Neuroprosthetics
Author:   Alexandra Middleton
Publisher:   Duke University Press
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Pages:   290
Publication Date:   12 May 2026
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Author:   Alexandra Middleton
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9781478038672


ISBN 10:   1478038675
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   12 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Prelude: Only a Machine ix Introduction 1 Part I. Producing and Sustaining a Connector 1. Domestic Lived Science 21 2. Experimental Labor 49 3. The Fourth Bottleneck 77 Interlude 1. Limited Edition 99 Part II. Living and Dwelling with a Connector 4. Phantom Signals 107 5. Reverse-Engineering Touch 151 6. Sense Making; Meaning Making 151 Interlude 2. Lunar Thai 171 7. Flickering Embodiments 175 8. Breakdown 207 Conclusion 225 Epilogue 235 Acknowledgments 237 Notes 243 References 249 Index 267

Reviews

“In this beautifully written study, Middleton offers a vivid account of experimental limb replacement. An empathetic guide, she tacks expertly between a Swedish bioengineering lab and the quotidian, home-based lives of half a dozen extraordinary patients who have survived traumatically severe limb injury and loss. The Connector proffers a superb melding of ethnographic and STS skill, insight, compassion, and wisdom.”—Lesley A. Sharp, Barbara C. And Helen C. Josefsberg '30 Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University “The Connector is an ethnographic masterpiece. Middleton’s bold rethinking of brain-science enigmas forges revelatory connections among the injured, neuro-prosthetics, and the intimate frontiers of human-machine life at home.”—Adriana Petryna, author of, Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change


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Alexandra Middleton is Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen.

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