Humanities

Throughout the evolution of humanity, humans have assimilated or confronted nature and continuously placed human-related concepts into the world and into space. Over time, we have constantly asked and answered questions on what we truly are, what we are trying to do, and what elements define our lives. Humanities have played the role of a knowledge system to explain and interpret all concepts by humans who record, think, and create.

Crisis of Humanity

However, the humanities now face a severe global problem. This is because the issues that we currently face, such as global warming, aging, low birth rates, political and economic polarizations, racism, pandemics, and excessive dependence on technologies, appear to be the inadvertent results of trying to solve existing problems via human desires and actions. Ultimately, the crisis of the global community urges the humanities to take an interest in others living outside of humanity, and this requires “nonhuman humanities.”

Science-Technology Humanities

Science-technology humanities is a direct reaction to the hybridization and interfusion of humans and nonhumans. This criticizes the confrontation of humans with nature and culture with science technologies while emphasizing their indeterminacy and interconnectivity. Science-technology humanities borders existing humanities and science technology, which eventually interface ecologically. This urges the methodological cross-linking of humanities and science technologies (STS) while accommodating the de-territorization of philosophy, history, cultural arts, and science technology.