Journal of Science and Technology Studies (과학기술학연구)

Korean Association of Science and Technology Studies (한국과학기술학회)
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Doing Science, Technology, and Women Studies : "With the Body" in-between New Material Feminism and STS

과학기술과 여성 연구하기: 신유물론 페미니즘과 과학기술학의 안-사이에서 "몸과 함께"

  • 임소연 (숙명여자대학교 글로벌거버넌스연구소)
  • Received : 2019.09.27
  • Accepted : 2019.11.09
  • Published : 2019.11.30
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Abstract

In recent years, the material has mattered to the humanities and social sciences in the West and feminism is no exception. It is a notable change that feminist analyses, which had previously shown critiques against science and technology, attempted to build new engagements with matter. STS (science and technology studies) has also accumulated scholarships and developed conceptual tools on the thing or the existence itself through "the ontological turn." The objective of this paper is not to introduce new materialism or new material feminism in full, but to reveal the possibility and potential of doing science, technology and women studies by selectively relying on the achievement of new materialism feminism. This article shows a way to study women's practice of science and technology by analyzing the case of plastic surgery practices through the ontological concepts of STS, particularly those of Annemarie Mol, Karen Barad, and Charis Thompson, and proposes a new engagement among new materialism, feminism, and STS. This article is organized as follows. First of all, after briefly discussing main issues in new material feminism, I will show the limitations of previous feminist studies of plastic surgery under the light of new material feminism. The rest of the article introduces the conceptual tools of ontological STS, describes plastic surgery practices with those tools, and finally provides their feminist implications.

최근 서구 인문사회학계의 최대 관심사는 물질이며 페미니즘도 예외는 아니다. 이전까지 과학기술에 대하여 비판적인 태도를 보여주었던 페미니즘이 물질과 새로운 관계 맺기를 시도한다는 것은 주목할 만한 변화이다. 과학기술학 역시 "존재론적 전환"을 통해서 존재 그 자체에 대한 연구 성과를 축적해 왔다. 본 논문은 신유물론이나 신유물론 페미니즘을 전면적으로 소개하기 보다는 신유물론 페미니즘의 성과를 선택적으로 활용하여 과학기술과 여성 연구하기의 가능성과 잠재력을 드러내는 것을 목적으로 한다. 본문에서는 안느마리 몰, 캐런 버러드, 그리고 캐리스 탐슨을 중심으로 과학기술학의 존재론적 개념을 통해 성형외과 현장연구 사례를 분석함으로써 여성의 과학기술 실천을 연구하는 한 방식을 보이며 페미니즘과 과학기술학의 새로운 관계 맺기를 제안할 것이다. 본 논문의 구성은 다음과 같다. 우선 신유물론 페미니즘의 요지를 간략하게 정리한 후, 신유물론 페미니즘의 문제의식 하에 페미니스트 성형수술 선행연구의 한계를 보일 것이다. 이어서 과학기술학 분야의 존재론적 전환에 해당하는 개념 및 이론을 소개하고 그것을 통해서 성형수술 실천을 기술하며 마지막으로 신유물론 페미니즘과 과학기술학의 접점에 있는 연구가 갖는 페미니스트 함의를 분석할 것이다.

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