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Assemblage and Its Geographical Implication

아상블라주의 개념과 지리학적 함의

  • Kim, Sook-Jin (Geography Department, College of Science, Konkuk University)
  • 김숙진 (건국대학교 이과대학 지리학과)
  • Received : 2016.06.25
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

Assemblage has become a popular concept in modern socio-spatial theories with relational and material turns. This article investigates the concept of assemblage focusing on Deleuze and Guattari. By comparing similar concepts such as Foucault's apparatus and Actor-Network Theory, this article demonstrates that assemblage emphasizes not only deterritorialization but also (re)territorialization, and that the exteriality of relations is a critical aspect that differentiate assemblage from other relational spatial concepts. Assemblage can highlight the value of empiricism as an analytical tool, and be open to new spatial imaginations as well as multiple existences and possiblities of alternative political projects and practices.

최근 관계적, 물질적 전환이라는 거대한 흐름 속에서 아상블라주라는 개념은 현대 사회공간이론의 가장 친숙한 어휘가 되어가고 있다. 본 논문은 아상블라주 본연의 개념을 탐색하기 위해 먼저 개념의 전체적인 틀과 사유의 방식을 제공한 들뢰즈와 가타리의 작업에 주목한다. 유사개념과의 비교를 통해서는 푸코의 장치 개념을 아상블라주의 한 유형으로 봄으로써 아상블라주가 탈영역화뿐만 아니라 (재)영역화라는 두 가지 모두의 성향에 의해 구성됨을 확인하였으며, 관계의 외재성은 아상블라주 이론이 행위자연결망 이론(Actor-Network Theory)과 같은 다른 형태의 관계적 사고와 차이점을 보이는 부분임을 강조했다. 마지막으로 아상블라주는 분석적 측면에서 형성과 과정에 주목함으로써 경험주의의 가치를 재조명할 수 있고, 정치적 측면에서 아상블라주의 다양체(multiplicity)와 중첩결정에 대한 용인이라는 특성으로 인해 다수의 정치적 프로젝트, 실천, 결과의 실질적 공존과 새로운 공간적 상상력에 개방적이라는 장점을 가진다.

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