ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights the parallels between how humans and nonhuman creations (media, artworks, policy, etc.) are theorised and discussed, and looks at shared concerns between the posthuman and the posthumanities. Through close readings of medical policy, scholarship on copyright law, and science fiction, the chapter also touches on the broader themes of the volume, such as the focus on “autonomy” in medical ethics versus “stewardship” in animal studies, and explores the similar worldviews behind the “open science” movement and the “open access” or remix movement. The chapter uses these threads to expose the ways in which these discussions are already richly posthumanist, and to encourage further dialogue between various disciplines and sectors.
