LEADER 03888nam 22006493 450 001 9910946916303321 005 20250827180319.0 010 $a1-77385-589-1 010 $a1-77385-590-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781773855899 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31591350 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31591350 035 $a(CKB)37011302300041 035 $a(DE-B1597)701982 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781773855899 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937011302300041 100 $a20241216d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMythologies of Outer Space 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCalgary :$cUniversity of Calgary Press,$d2025. 210 4$dİ2024. 215 $a1 online resource (216 pages) 225 1 $aCalgary Institute for the Humanities Series ;$vv.4 311 08$a1-77385-586-7 311 08$a1-77385-587-5 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgements --$tIntroduction --$tHow we let the moon die, & why it isn?t dead --$tImaginary voyages to the moon: lucian & his legacy --$tLucian?s voyage to the moon --$tSpace is part of the land: reconsidering the relationships between astronomy research, outer space exploration & colonialism --$tFifty years at the rothney --$tLife in a parallel universe: the biocene --$t?A kind of continuous conceptual drunkenness?? --$tScience fiction that might have been, or the outer spaces of the gibson collection of speculative fiction --$tStellar Sequence --$tIn conversation with naomi potter --$tGalaxy Series --$tDavid Hoffos: On outer & inner space --$tThe book of the damned --$tAfterword --$tAppendix: UN moon treaty, ?agreement governing the activities of states on the moon & other celestial bodies? (december 5, 1979) --$tContributors 330 $aEvery culture and society has read stories in the night sky. From the careful attention of astronomers across all times and all parts of the world to the search for alien life, the stories found in the shapes of constellations to the expansive imaginings of science fiction, there has always been life up there, at the very least, for our imaginations. Mythologies of Outer Space brings together academics and artists to explore diverse imaginings of outer space. It examines questions that, in a world where outer space is increasingly accessible, are no longer only science fiction. Is outer space terra nullius, open for settlement? What if there is life beyond earth? Will we repeat the mistakes of the colonial age on other planets? Should parts of outer space be protected, like nature reserves? What about resource extraction? Do celestial bodies, like the moon, have rights? Astronaut Robert Thirsk, Mi?kmaw astronomer Hilding Neilson, digital humanities scholar Chris Pak, and outer space archaeologist Alice Gorman, among others, are joined by artists including David Hoffos and Dianne Bos, literary scholars, art critics, scientists, and a poet to explore how humanity thinks about outer space in this joyful, curious book. 410 0$aCalgary Institute for the Humanities Series 606 $aSCIENCE / Space Science$2bisacsh 610 $aCanadian art. 610 $aaliens. 610 $aastronomy. 610 $aastrophysics. 610 $abio-design. 610 $acommunity forum. 610 $afilm. 610 $aindigenous astronomy. 610 $aouter space. 610 $ascience fiction. 610 $ascience poetry. 610 $aspace travel. 610 $aterraforming. 615 7$aSCIENCE / Space Science. 700 $aEllis$b Jim$01296604 701 $aHumble$b Noreen$01800073 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910946916303321 996 $aMythologies of Outer Space$94344562 997 $aUNINA