Messeri Placing Outer Space

An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7391-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Experimental futures : technological lives, scientific arts, anthropological voices

Lisa Messeri traces how planetary scientists—whether working in the Utah desert, a Chilean observatory, or the labs of MIT—transform celestial bodies into places in order to understand the universe as densely inhabited by planets, in turn telling us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the cosmos.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Messeri, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. From Outer Space to Outer Place 1
1. Narrating Mars in Utah's Desert 25
2. Mapping Mars in Silicon Valley 71
3. Visualizing Alien Worlds 111
4. Inhabiting Other Earths 149
Conclusion. Navigating the Infinite Cosmos 189
Notes 197
References 211
Index 231

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa Messeri is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Yale University.