Issue |
Mov Sport Sci/Sci Mot
Number 97, 2017
Technologies et techniques des sports : le regard de l’histoire et des sciences humaines et sociales
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Page(s) | 17 - 25 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/sm/2017014 | |
Published online | 23 August 2017 |
Article
The cyborgification of paralympic sport
La cyborgification du sport paralympique
1
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University,
Loughborough UKLE11 3JE, England
2
School of Science and Technology, Nottingham trent University, England
* Corresponding author: p.d.howe@lboro.ac.uk
Received:
23
February
2017
Accepted:
18
May
2017
Since the turn of the century, the Paralympic movement has gained a high public profile. We will argue that this new high profile is a direct result of the focus of media attention upon new technologies of prosthetic medicine that have helped to create a legion of cyborg bodies that is manifest in the image of the contemporary sporting supercrip. This paper highlights the development of a technocentric ideology that has been embraced within the Paralympic movement. In embracing this ideology, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) began to celebrate the cyborgification of Paralympic bodies. Ultimately, this paper questions whether the advances in technology are actually empowering all disabled athletes or simply those who have the potential to be cyborgs.
Résumé
Depuis le début du siècle, le mouvement paralympique a acquis un profil grand public. Nous allons faire valoir, qu'il résulte directement de l'attention médiatique portée aux nouvelles technologies de la prothétique qui ont contribué à créer une légion de corps cyborg qui se manifeste à l'image du supermarché sportif contemporain. Cet article souligne le développement d'une idéologie technocentrique qui a été adoptée dans le mouvement paralympique. En adoptant cette idéologie, le Comité international paralympique (IPC) a commencé à célébrer la cyborgification des organes paralympiques. En fin de compte, cet article se demande si les progrès de la technologie habilitent actuellement tous les athlètes handicapés ou simplement ceux qui ont le potentiel d'être cyborgs.
Key words: cyborg / cyborgification / disability / Paralympics / supercrip / technology
Mots clés : cyborg / cyborgification / invalidité / paralympique / supermarché / technologie
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