The matter of media in outer space
Technologies of cosmobiopolitics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4476172 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katarina Damjanov (0000-0001-7997-450X, The University of Western Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 889-906 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263775815604920 |
| OpenAlex | W2282512868 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 14 |
Media technologies are steadily populating outer space - satellites and their debris clutter earth's orbital regions, robotic rovers are surveying Mars, exploratory probes are appraising moons, planets and asteroids in our solar system and further still. Drawing together a range of these earth-born human-made devices, this paper reframes them as an object of critical inquiry into the human 'mediatic' condition. These technologies occupy outer space as extraterrestrial footprints of global capitalism, and they provide the vital infrastructure for its 'high-tech' pursuit of power, knowledge and wealth. Yet, their presence in space exerts its own material and social effects, unsettling strategic attempts to control the productive ambits of life, thus complicating what is at stake in the purview of biopolitical governance. Extending Michel Foucault's concept of biopolitics into outer space, this paper explores the ways in which human relations with space-based media apparatus reinforce new approaches to the governance of life and the living, shaping the horizon of the 'cosmobiopolitical' on and beyond the globe
Astrobiology · Biopower · Environmental ethics · Multitude · Outer space · Panopticon · Physics · Planet · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solar System · Spacecraft · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Space exploration and regulation · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life · Aerospace Engineering
Anecdotal Evidence
Outer Space Governance and the Maritime Context
Satellite promises
Unearthing extraction
Rethinking the Final Frontier
Holding up the skies
Orbital Life on the International Space Station
Extraoperable networks
Geographies of outer space
Dukarr lakarama
Extra-planetary mobilities and the media prospects of virtual space tourism
Wasting and wanting
Planetary media
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |