ABSTRACT This article introduces the special issue of Australian Feminist Studies on The Somatechnics of Life and Death. The issue emerges out of the 10th International Somatechnics Conference held in December 2016 on beautiful Bundjalung country in Byron Bay. Building on the conference theme, ‘Technicity, Temporality, Embodiment’, this special issue explores current trends in feminist and gender studies scholarship on the nature of ‘life’ and ‘death’. Key themes emerging from these articles include: current feminist uptakes of Foucault’s concept of ‘biopower’; new materialist focuses on animacy and vitality; the importance of critical perspectives on both ‘life’ and ‘death’; rethinking binaries around inanimacy and animacy and ‘life’ versus ‘death’; and the place of somatechnics in refiguring these binaries.

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生与死的躯体技术：性别研究的最新趋势

摘要 这篇文章介绍了澳大利亚女性主义关于生与死的躯体技术研究的特刊。这个问题出现在 2016 年 12 月在拜伦湾美丽的邦加隆国家举行的第 10 届国际躯体技术会议上。本期特刊以会议主题“技术性、时间性、体现性”为基础，探讨了女性主义和性别研究学术界关于“生”和“死”的本质的当前趋势。这些文章中出现的关键主题包括：当前女权主义者对福柯“生物权力”概念的理解；新唯物主义者注重生命力和活力；批判性观点对“生”和“死”的重要性；围绕无生命和有生命以及“生”与“死”重新思考二进制；以及 somatechnics 在重构这些二进制文件中的位置。