1. Ghost in the Shell I & II: The mythology of Dolls & Cyborgs in Post-modern Japan By Alessandra Sabelli

2. Ghost in the Shell I & II Post-modernism –Images: reality vs. illusion –Body [entity]: visions of identity in Japan

3. Identity displacement in Japan Societal “Shocks” WWII: Defeat –National identity crumbles –Atomic bombs Rapid Industrialization –consumerist culture Economic bubble burst –Fall of Salary-men and “Wise” mothers scheme Hyper-Technology –consciousness

4. “The Other” - the place of dolls & cyborgs Japan and the conception of “The Other”: –Spirit world Shinto Animism –Western world –Cyborgs/robots & dolls Defining identity in relation to dichotomies De-familiarizing narratives

5. From Cyborgs to Dolls GITS – creating mythologies Cyborgs: towards a life on the Network Dolls: Return to the Real

6. Cyborgs (1 of 2) GITS - Progressive recreation of human body Implications for a “bodiless” life

7. Cyborgs (2 of 2) Embodiment of needs in Japanese culture –Memory –Repetition –Rebirth

8. Dolls (1 of 3) GITS - Dolls: “who” are they? –Created for entertainment –Suicide? –A new social class –Ugly dolls: metaphor for mass production and consumerism & identity

9. Dolls (2 of 3) High art and artisanship Animism Dolls as masks

10. Dolls (3 of 3) Origin of GITS doll design Hans Bellmer (1930s)– dismantling and rearranging female bodies

11. Dolls & Cyborgs in Japanese popular culture Mechanism(?) of popularization: Karakuri: the birth of the mechanical doll Admiration of Western technology Friendly robots: postwar manga representations Contemporary search for Realism

12. In between fantasy and reality

13. A possible future?

14. Why to like the category of “robot”? Anthropomorphizing robots Human response to “living” behavior world of fantasy and dreams psychodrama