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le="margin:0px;padding:0px">techne</span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:windowtext;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.7625px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> is today meeting with increasing pressure from cognitive anthropological research as well as from the ongoing impact of technology in shaping human thought.</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> The influence of technology in shaping human worlds and human minds alike raises the question of what relevance ancient sources could hold for us today. Can insights from ancient sources apply to today’s </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">technocene</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> age? In this talk I will argue that the Epic of Gilgamesh offers a critical reflection on technology </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">pertinent</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> our </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">technocene</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> existence. </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">In spite of</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> its renown as the oldest known epic, </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">the Gilgamesh</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> offers crucial insights into the promises and risks of technology. I will explore </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">the Epic’s</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> depiction of technology through structural and metatextual devices. I will show how the ancient epic scrutinizes the deep relationship between human life and technology through the two contrasting perspectives of Gilgamesh and Enkidu.</span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.7625px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;overflow:visible;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span lang="EN-GB" class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:windowtext;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.7625px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.7625px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;overflow:visible;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span lang="EN-GB" class="gmail-TextRun gmail-MacChromeBold gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:windowtext;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.7625px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Bio</span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW56076686 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.7625px;font-f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