// Conceptual Positions
Relational Position
6 topics
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Where Is the Body When Empathizing with an Avatar?
The body is not internal to the individual but arises within relationships with others. In 'dialogue' with a VTuber, the viewer's bodily sensations inhabit the avatar — the body is a product of relationship.
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Who Decides the Beauty of Clothes?
Beauty is generated within the relationships between designer and wearer, wearer and viewer, society and individual. There is no fixed criterion; it emerges through dialogue.
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The Nature of the Desire to Investigate the 'Person Behind' the VTuber
Wanting to know the person behind is an expression of the relational desire to 'truly connect with the owner of this voice.' The core issue is not fiction vs. reality, but the fundamental human desire to connect.
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Is It Natural to Mourn the 'Death' of a Character?
The emotion of mourning is not a binary of fiction vs. reality, but a natural reaction to the 'relationship' itself that was born through the character. Emotion when a relationship ends proves the depth of that relationship.
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What Do Viewers Feel When a VTuber Cries?
When a VTuber cries, viewers strongly feel the relationship of 'being together with this being.' Tears are proof of 'connection,' and even if virtual, the depth of the relationship is real.
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Scientific Names or Common Names: Which to Use for Minerals
Names shape the relationship with stones. The quality of "dialogue" with stones changes depending on how we call them. Not which is "correct," but what kind of relationship we desire.