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# 58
Cosmos as Commons: An Activation of Cosmic Diplomacy
Debbora Battaglia
“Black Drop Effect”
It would likely be the last time that the medium of motion picture film would be used to record the transit of Venus across the sun—and Venus would once again elude technology’s grasp. As artist Simon Starling narrates from his position amongst astronomers prepared worldwide to document the event, Venus approaches the limb of the sun—then appears to drop a bit, frustrating attempts to measure the star by the planet’s progress. 1 No imaging technology had ever…
e-flux Journal
Posted: October 1, 2014
Category
Colonialism & Imperialism, Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity
Subjects
The Cosmos, The Commons, Human - Nonhuman Relations, Outer Space
# 46
Cosmic Exo-Surprise, or, When the Sky is (Really) Falling, What’s the Media to Do?
Debbora Battaglia
Backstory
Ethnography’s reach into the pluriverse of the contemporary moment has no shortage of surprises. In the summer of 2011, my interest in the anthropology of outer spaces drew me to Prague, where I participated as an official “observer” in an international conference on “space security.” The purpose of the event was to bring together space policy professionals and experts from the United States, Europe, and Japan, in support of drafting an International Code of Conduct for the…
e-flux Journal
Posted: June 1, 2013
Category
Anthropology & Ethnography
Subjects
Outer Space, Accelerationism