On the Possibility of a Non-Anthropocentric Visuality

Abstract

This paper aims to understand if it is possible to speak of a non-anthropocentric visuality. The progressive and continuous increase of information production at a global level has led us to witness a specific set of visual information that, we argue, can be considered to be decentered from anthropocentric ocular optics. If we are in fact able to speak of a non-anthropocentric visuality, as this paper strongly suggests, this means that such concept is distinct from a non-human vi- suality, and that this scopic regime allows for other forms of sensing that extend beyond human sensory capacities. If we subscribe to this perspective, import- ant consequences arise, specifically concerning the relation between visual in- formation and governance. This analysis reinforces the need to further examine and carefully look at visual information produced outside of ocularcentrism, and its implications for the knowledge that supports itself on it.