In this episode, Dr. Stephen Selka explains what it truly means to be "human." Selka discusses the concept of the human from a historic and cross-cultural perspective, but also its role in post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction, to express what being human means now and for the future and how identity connects to it all.
This conversation took place June 27, 2022.
Our guest for this episode is Dr. Stephen Selka, Associate Professor of Religious Studies. Selka's research focuses on religion and race, and most of his ethnographic work has focused on Brazil. Other research points Selka focuses on range from post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction to artificial intelligence and transhumanism.
Selka's current project focuses on identity and space, primarily in Chicago, to examine the complex connections between religion, spirituality, and gentrification.
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