My doctoral research is situated within the broader critical discourse regarding man-machine relations. I aim to show that this field of academic discourse - which deals with the issue of technological construction of subjectivity in the digital age  - has been caught up in an elementary and simplified binary; Technology either acts negatively upon the subject as an oppressing and subjugating force, or it rather empowers the subject and acts as a positive force of rational salvation which enables new opportunities. I aim to reformulate the question of technology and subjectivity in a non-dual fashion, according to new theoretical guidelines. Furthermore, I wish to show that contemporary artistic and political resistance movements, operating within the digital medium, might assist us in such a theoretical reconfiguration and in shedding new light on the issue of the technological construction of the contemporary subject.

Research Interests:

Glitch theory

Subjectification

Algorithmic governance

Awards and Prizes:

2021: Scholarship for outstanding students, Program in cultural studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Selected Presentations

Botvinik, Y. (2022). Glitch Art As An Expression Of Resistance. Presented at The national conference for graduate students in art history, design and culture in Shankar.

Botvinik, Y. (2022). The Origin Of The Work Of Art - Creation In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence. Presented at "Thinking Technology" conference of the Shalem Academic Center.

Botvinik, Y and Ben arie, A. (2021) Nostalgia As The Hope Of The Future. Presented at "Night of Philosophy" conference of the French Institute in Israel.