by analogy whith "genes", the building-blocks of biology,richard dawkins'
term "memes" denotes cultural information units, cognitive behavioural
patterns that propagate themselves and replicate through communication,
a paradigm of a "culture-based history of development".

against this backdrop a discussion process will be initiated, stimulating different lines of
approach to the topic, and polarising opinions. the aim is not to dream up new utopias, but
to develop a critical and reflective approach to the current situation, whith its renewed
promise that much-vaunted visions of the future will finally become reality.

as the biological body is paralleled first by its mechanical,and now also by its informatio-
nal clone, our conceptions of individual, body and gender are being underminded by neurobionic
and robotic prosthetics; cyborg theory and cyberbody fetishism constitute one initial response.