The Technology of Body Building

Fabienne Collignon is lecturer in Contemporary Literature, School of English, University of Sheffield. Her talk explores ideas around 'The Technology of Body Building'. Intrigued? You should be... This talk was given on Wednesday 26th March 2014. Fabienne Collignon is a feminist, sci-fi lover and lecturer in the School of English. After finishing a PhD at University of Glasgow and a postdoctoral position at University of Edinburgh, she came to Sheffield in 2012. Fabienne’s research focuses on American techno-culture: the use of weapons systems, radioactive substances, Ronald Reagan, and the poetics of space. Her first book, Rocket States: Atomic Weaponry and the Cultural Imagination, focuses on the Cold War and its technological unconscious, and is to be published by Bloomsbury later this year. In the past, Fabienne has been known to play My Chemical Romance and wear a Darth Vader mask in lectures. Inspiration & Co interview: https://soundcloud.com/inspirationandco/fabienne-collignon-interview