The Political Life of GIFs: The Common Emotional Displays That Let Us Disagree More Consummately on Social Media
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The Monster Has Kind Eyes: Intimacy and Frustration in The Last Guardian
By Kaelan Doyle-Myerscough The Last Guardian is a 2016 single-player adventure game that follows the relationship between an unnamed young boy and a giant gryphon-like creature, referred to as Trico, as they navigate the ruins of an ancient, apparently…
Contemplating the Robotic Embrace
Introspection for Affective Anthropology by Daniel White (Free University of Berlin) daniel.white@fu-berlin.de June 20, 2018 The first time I held a robot in my arms I was overcome with a wave of sympathy. Pepper had arrived in our laboratory in a larg…