Inaugural Lecture, HUM, KU

In this lecture, the tension field between the ‘mechanization of living’ and the ‘revival of technology’ has been discussed, regarding the relationship of the ominous substantive ‘choice’ to the processes that we use to call ‘art’ and ‘life’. It has been used as a background for giving a sketchy retro perspective of the own research related to the 'cultural techniques' image, script, number and reflectiveness in the context of the emerging techno-cultures and techno-sciences. Based on own research and that of others, Kacunko argued that the systems discourses and the ethology as well as mirror-discourses and the etiology have deeply transformed both the self-understanding and the strategies of the humanities and the natural sciences over the past decades. In particular, it has been zoomed in on a ‘micro human’ research perspective and the relationship between the bacteria, art and life (-sciences) by offering an interdisciplinary view not least to the questions of the cultural heritage and historical discourse