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Mythologies of Outer Space

edited by Jim Ellis & Noreen Humble

Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2025
Category
Space Science, General, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781773855875
    Publish Date
    Jan 2025
    List Price
    $34.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781773855905
    Publish Date
    Jan 2025
    List Price
    $34.99
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781773855868
    Publish Date
    Jan 2025
    List Price
    $54.99

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Every 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.

About the authors

Jim Ellis is Professor of English and Director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities at the University of Calgary. He has written widely on art, literatue and film, and has served on the boards of Truck Gallery and Calgary Cinematheque.

Jim Ellis' profile page

Noreen Humble is a professor of Classics and Associate Director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities at the University of Calgary. Her research centers on ancient Greek authors both in their contemporary settings and in the early modern period.

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