Scales and places: ontologies of space exploration
The article discusses the ontologies of space exploration which are associated with the concepts of place and scale. As a rule, space exploration is represented on either a global scale, as all mankind's actions, or a national scale, as a space race. Anthropological studies of outer space, in turn, show that outer space is localized in particular terrestrial places. These three scales get mixed and compete with each other. Within Science and Technology Studies, it has been argued that the controversies of scales depend on the places that create and maintain scaling. According to this idea, extraterrestrial places represent a challenge to terrestrial ontologies, in which radically different conditions, such as zero gravity, are found. Thus, from the ontological perspective, the interscalar work on combining scales and places becomes a matter of particular importance.
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антропология космоса, исследование науки и технологий, масштаб, место, космос, космонавтика, онтология, локальность, интерскалярность, anthropology of outer space, Science and Technology Studies, scale, place, outer space, space exploration, ontology, locality, interscalarityAuthors
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| Sivkov Denis Yurievich | Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration | d.y.sivkov@gmail.com |
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Scales and places: ontologies of space exploration | Sibirskie Istoricheskie Issledovaniia – Siberian Historical Research. 2020. № 1. DOI: 10.17223/2312461X/27/5
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