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Non-positionedness

무입장성

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.

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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.
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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.

Problem statement

Non-positionedness does not simply inherit Kantian disinterestedness. Kantian disinterestedness concerns the proposition that an interest connected with an object’s existence must not determine a pure judgment of taste. The minimal comparable structure is that judgment is not predetermined by a particular interest—a principle of non-preemption. Non-preemption is a metaconcept constructed for comparing the two theories, not Kant’s own term.

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

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