3/3 Dive into the anthropology of Outer Space @anthroencyclo: 👉

2/3 From Indigenous knowledge systems treating the sky as kin, to scientists translating gravitational waves into audible 'chirps'—our stories are written in the stars. Outer Space is not "outer"; it is an inextricable extension of human life. 🔽

1/3 What’s the lesson from the anthropology of outer space? Across the globe, people actively strive for intimacy with the cosmos. 🔽

Thrilled to be back in Vienna! I had a great time at yesterday’s workshop on the future of outer space and I’m excited for my upcoming talk at the University of Vienna. I’ll be sharing some insights from my research in Starbase/Boca Chica. Looking forward to a great conversation!

Peter's work: "Expand the future: a multi-sited ethnography of the shifting presents and imagined futures of the new space economy." 🛰️🌍 Karlijn's research: "A Tale of Two Outers: Studying Up, Down and Around Europe’s Ville Spatiale in South America." 🚀🇪🇺

Fantastic news from the ARIES project this week! 🎉 Huge congratulations to our PhD students, Peter Timko and Karlijn Korpershoek, on their successful PhD thesis defenses!

At GLEX2025 in New Delhi, we presented our research and comparative analysis of space imaginaries across India, Antarctica, New Zealand, and the US. (We also got to mingle with astronauts and forge exciting connections with global space agencies and companies!) 📸#2 Pallava Bagla

Check out this new article by ARIES' Chakad Ojani 👇

Check out this new book, "Exploring Ethnography of Outer Space," featuring chapters by 3 ARIES team members! https://t.co/DlVQsrw4D5

“In 2017, people from all over French Guiana took to the streets to protest social insecurity, high inflation, and inequality. Crowds chanted, ‘The rocket takes off, but Guyana remains on the ground.’” Read more from the ARIES series on space exploration: https://t.co/Epok4f8s2G

“For many, the future of space remains a story of private, wealthy actors anchored in traditionally spacefaring nations like the United States. ... Yet ... the space economy is a global phenomenon.” Read the next essay in the @ARIESanthro series: https://t.co/m5fHbkQDFq

“These stories help document the incredible potentials of space exploration—as well as the obstacles that still stand in the way of making the commercial space industry truly ‘for the benefit’ of all humanity.” Read the intro to our new series: https://t.co/NCmzCdMsqk

@ARIESanthro Caity Roe presenting a critical discourse analysis of the language of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967

@ARIESanthro And now joining us online is @davidshorter speaking about his experience of working on a document summarising SETI research. The specifications included shockingly: the doc should be no more than 3 pages and omit any mention of possible contact

@ARIESanthro Ivan Tchalalov and @IrinaPopravko83 presentating a typology of different ethnographic and STS approaches to the study of outer space

@ARIESanthro A joint presentation from @WitjesNina and Joseph Popper about doing a topography of the Ariane rocket project and its relation to European integration

@ARIESanthro "You know where we are" says Aaron Parkhurst pointing to his presentation. Yes, we do! About culture, body and space

@ARIESanthro If we talk about space, we need to talk about imagination. Sabine Winters introduces her research about imagination of space scientists as a "guide to possibility"

@ARIESanthro Mexico is implementing special measures to protect the dark sky as a scientific and recently also an ecological and economic resource - says Anne Johnson.

@ARIESanthro "The social construction of space is a performative process" says Felipe Cervera and tries to answer the question: what does it mean to be a space performance artist?