Manufacturing a Woman to Order: Exploring Nonhuman Agency and Gendered AI in East Asia through Machinima and Virtual Production
Yang, Yu-Shien (2025) Manufacturing a Woman to Order: Exploring Nonhuman Agency and Gendered AI in East Asia through Machinima and Virtual Production. Masters thesis, OCAD University.
Item Type: | Thesis |
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Creators: | Yang, Yu-Shien |
Abstract: | This thesis examines the construction and representation of non-human characters in a highly gendered, AI-driven future in East Asia. It culminates in the CGI-animated short film Manufacturing a Woman to Order, which follows a female AI agent and explores the intersection of technological progress and gender politics. By focusing on the creative process of game engine cinema, the research merges speculative narrative and interdisciplinary worldbuilding with virtual production filmmaking, integrating non-human agents into social discourse. Through this integration, the thesis underscores the persistence of gender stereotypes in AI design and calls for a critical reassessment of the sociocultural impacts of technological advancements on East Asia’s future. |
Date: | 3 May 2025 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Machinima, game engine cinema, virtual production, nonhuman agency, East Asian Futurism, gendered AI. |
Divisions: | Graduate Studies > Digital Futures |
Date Deposited: | 05 May 2025 17:12 |
Last Modified: | 05 May 2025 17:12 |
URI: | https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/4661 |
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