This article examines the interaction between the Insulin pump, a biotechnology device used to treat type one diabetes, and the human to whom it is attached. It asks what kinds of selves the pump–human entanglement constitutes, and how these subjectivities shift the lived experience of agency. This article takes an auto-ethnographic approach, whereby the author marshals her own experiences as an Insulin pump–human entanglement to demonstrate her arguments. Ultimately, the article contends that being a pump–human entanglement entails an embodied cyborg subjectivity. This subjectivity produces an agent that, while structured in particular ways by entanglement with this technology, is ultimately more active in the mutual care accorded to her illness.

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一种拆卸和重新组装的，后现代的集体和个人自我：代理和胰岛素泵

本文研究了胰岛素泵（一种用于治疗一型糖尿病的生物技术设备）与它所连接的人之间的相互作用。它询问了泵与人的纠缠是什么样的自我，以及这些主观性如何改变代理的生活经验。本文采用一种自动人种志方法，作者将自己作为胰岛素泵的经验与人的纠缠联系在一起，以证明自己的论点。最终，该文章认为，与人为纠缠是一种体现了半机械人的主体性。这种主观性产生了一种媒介，尽管通过与该技术的纠缠以特定方式构造，但最终在与她的疾病相关的相互照护中更加活跃。