Alexandra Middleton is Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen.

“In this beautifully written study, Middleton offers a vivid account of experimental limb replacement. An empathetic guide, she tacks expertly between a Swedish bioengineering lab and the quotidian, home-based lives of half a dozen extraordinary patients who have survived traumatically severe limb injury and loss. The Connector proffers a superb melding of ethnographic and STS skill, insight, compassion, and wisdom.”—Lesley A. Sharp, Barbara C. And Helen C. Josefsberg '30 Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University“The Connector is an ethnographic masterpiece. Middleton’s bold rethinking of brain-science enigmas forges revelatory connections among the injured, neuro-prosthetics, and the intimate frontiers of human-machine life at home.”—Adriana Petryna, author of, Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change

• Prelude: Only a Machine ixIntroduction 1Part I. Producing and Sustaining a Connector1. Domestic Lived Science 212. Experimental Labor 493. The Fourth Bottleneck 77Interlude 1. Limited Edition 99Part II. Living and Dwelling with a Connector4. Phantom Signals 1075. Reverse-Engineering Touch 1516. Sense Making; Meaning Making 151Interlude 2. Lunar Thai 1717. Flickering Embodiments 1758. Breakdown 207Conclusion 225Epilogue 235Acknowledgments 237Notes 243References 249Index 267

Alexandra Middleton is Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen.

“In this beautifully written study, Middleton offers a vivid account of experimental limb replacement. An empathetic guide, she tacks expertly between a Swedish bioengineering lab and the quotidian, home-based lives of half a dozen extraordinary patients who have survived traumatically severe limb injury and loss. The Connector proffers a superb melding of ethnographic and STS skill, insight, compassion, and wisdom.”—Lesley A. Sharp, Barbara C. And Helen C. Josefsberg '30 Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University“The Connector is an ethnographic masterpiece. Middleton’s bold rethinking of brain-science enigmas forges revelatory connections among the injured, neuro-prosthetics, and the intimate frontiers of human-machine life at home.”—Adriana Petryna, author of, Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change

• Prelude: Only a Machine ixIntroduction 1Part I. Producing and Sustaining a Connector1. Domestic Lived Science 212. Experimental Labor 493. The Fourth Bottleneck 77Interlude 1. Limited Edition 99Part II. Living and Dwelling with a Connector4. Phantom Signals 1075. Reverse-Engineering Touch 1516. Sense Making; Meaning Making 151Interlude 2. Lunar Thai 1717. Flickering Embodiments 1758. Breakdown 207Conclusion 225Epilogue 235Acknowledgments 237Notes 243References 249Index 267

Alexandra Middleton is Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen.

“In this beautifully written study, Middleton offers a vivid account of experimental limb replacement. An empathetic guide, she tacks expertly between a Swedish bioengineering lab and the quotidian, home-based lives of half a dozen extraordinary patients who have survived traumatically severe limb injury and loss. The Connector proffers a superb melding of ethnographic and STS skill, insight, compassion, and wisdom.”—Lesley A. Sharp, Barbara C. And Helen C. Josefsberg '30 Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University“The Connector is an ethnographic masterpiece. Middleton’s bold rethinking of brain-science enigmas forges revelatory connections among the injured, neuro-prosthetics, and the intimate frontiers of human-machine life at home.”—Adriana Petryna, author of, Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change

• Prelude: Only a Machine ixIntroduction 1Part I. Producing and Sustaining a Connector1. Domestic Lived Science 212. Experimental Labor 493. The Fourth Bottleneck 77Interlude 1. Limited Edition 99Part II. Living and Dwelling with a Connector4. Phantom Signals 1075. Reverse-Engineering Touch 1516. Sense Making; Meaning Making 151Interlude 2. Lunar Thai 1717. Flickering Embodiments 1758. Breakdown 207Conclusion 225Epilogue 235Acknowledgments 237Notes 243References 249Index 267