Overview
- Explores how robots are imagined as occupying a unique liminal space between the human and the nonhuman
- Examines how robots are put to use to help children with autism develop social behaviours and skills
- Helps to create a new narrative around stigma, autism spectrum disorders, and society
Part of the book series: Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI (SOCUSRA)
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Book Title: Challenging Sociality
Book Subtitle: An Anthropology of Robots, Autism, and Attachment
Authors: Kathleen Richardson
Series Title: Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74754-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74753-8Published: 16 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09069-2Published: 14 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74754-5Published: 30 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2523-8523
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8531
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 156
Topics: Science and Technology Studies, Clinical Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation, Developmental Psychology