Sara Elisabeth Sellevold Orning
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Sara Elisabeth Sellevold Orning is a scholar whose work sits at the compelling intersection of media studies, cultural analysis, and the social implications of emerging technologies. Her primary research focuses on how popular culture, particularly science fiction television, shapes our understanding of what it means to be human in an age of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence. Orning’s most cited paper, “Real Humans?: Affective imaginaries of the human and its Others in the Swedish TV series *Äkta människor*” (2019, 5 citations), offers a groundbreaking analysis of how the series uses humanoid robots—or “hubots”—to reflect on contemporary anxieties surrounding immigration, citizenship, and labor. By examining the show’s portrayal of hubots replacing human workers in care and industry, Orning reveals how speculative fiction creates powerful “affective imaginaries” that shape real-world debates about social belonging and exclusion. Her work is notable for bridging critical robotics studies with Nordic media scholarship, providing a unique lens on how Scandinavian television engages with global technological and political shifts. For students and researchers interested in the cultural politics of AI, Orning’s scholarship demonstrates how fictional narratives can serve as vital sites for negotiating the boundaries between the human and its technological others.
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