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Abstract
As it becomes more common to integrate technology into the body, a more in depth understanding of how society reacts to terms such as "Cyborg" in an academic context can be very beneficial. My project focuses on the term "Cyborg" and how professionals in the field of Bioarchaeology, Forensic Anthropology, and other related fields interpret its definition and whether it should be used in an academic setting or not. For this study, I analyzed literature from decomposition facilities and combined it with data from survey responses of Bioarchaeologsts/Forensic Anthropologists and other related fields and then compared it to materials from Disability studies that correlates with the usage of the term "Cyborg". I considered how these two areas influence and interact with each other in an academic setting and found that while the results of the survey were similar between the active anthropologists and those in disability studies, there is little interaction between the two.