# 무입장성 / Non-positionedness

## Identity

- ID: rh:concept:non-positionedness
- Author: 이용욱 / Yongwook Lee
- Status: authoritative

## Short Definition

무입장성은 인간·기계·알고리즘·인터페이스 가운데 어느 하나를 분석 이전에 존재론적 중심이나 우월한 행위자로 선취하지 않고 관계를 추적한 뒤, 실제로 드러난 권력·통제·위험·책임의 비대칭을 판정하는 방법론적 규율이다.

Non-positionedness is a methodological discipline that does not preemptively install humans, machines, algorithms, or interfaces as the ontological center or superior actor prior to analysis, but first traces relations and then judges the asymmetries of power, control, risk, and responsibility actually revealed within them.

## Canonical Definition

무입장성은 인간중심주의와 기술결정론이라는 두 선취를 동시에 중지하고 인간·비인간 관계를 실제 작동과 효과에 따라 추적한 뒤, 그 관계에서 확인되는 권력·통제·책임의 비대칭을 다시 판정하는 비선취적 관계 분석의 방법론이다.

Non-positionedness is a method of non-preemptive relational analysis that simultaneously suspends the two preemptions of anthropocentrism and technological determinism, traces human–nonhuman relations through their actual operations and effects, and then judges anew the asymmetries of power, control, and responsibility found within them.

## Boundaries

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## Primary Sources

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## Citation

Lee, Yongwook. “Non-positionedness.” ReHumanities Knowledge, version 1.0. https://knowledge.leehumanities.com/concepts/non-positionedness.

## Version

1.0 · 2026-08-24

## License

CC BY 4.0