Dr. Lisa Meinecke

Research Interests

• History of Technology
• History of Social Reform
• Science Fiction
• Film & Television
• Popular Music

Biography

Lisa Meinecke wrote her doctoral dissertation “Degrees of Freedom: Conceptualising the Technicised Other in North-American Film and Television” at LMU. She also used to work in research management, for the EU-funded robotics project ECHORD++, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, and at TUM Munich. In 2022, she was awarded the Digital Humanism Junior Visiting Fellowship at IWM Vienna.

Publications

• "I robot, you unemployed: robotics in science fiction and media discourse." Schafft Wissen. Gemeinsames und geteiltes Wissen in Wissenschaft und Technik 2 (2018): 203-221. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-58220-7
• "Veins and Muscles of the Universe: Posthumanism & Connectivity in Star Trek: Discovery." Fighting for the Future: Essays on Star Trek: Discovery. Hrsg. Mareike Spychala und Sabrina Mittermeier. Liverpool University Press, 2020. 337-390.
• "Posthuman Life." The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek. Hrsg. Leimar Garcia-Siino, Sabrina Mittermeier Routledge, 2022. 439-448.
• „Terminator oder Technologie als Bedrohung.“ IWM Post 130: Ancient Help for Modern Problems. 2022. https://www.iwm.at/publication/iwmpost-article/terminator-oder-technologie-als-bedrohung
• „Grundlagenforschung für die Zukunft: Transhumanismus und Geschlechterrollen in Das Blaue Palais (1974-1976).“ Das Science Fiction Jahr 2024. Hrsg. Melanie Wylutzki, Hardy Kettlitz, Wolfgang Neuhaus, Michael Wehren. Hirnkost, 2024.