*With apologies for cross-posting*
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<br>Dear colleagues,
<br>
<br>We invite you to participate in our panel 'Responsibility and Outer
<br>Space' at the upcoming ASA conference in St Andrews, Scotland, from
<br>24-27 August 2020.
<br>
<br>Deadline for submission: 23:59 GMT on 15 March 2020
<br>
<br>Conveners:
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<br>Alexander Taylor, University of Cambridge (aret2@cam.ac.uk)
<br>
<br>David Jeevendrampillai, NTNU (_david.jeevendrampillai@ntnu.no_)
<br>
<br>Aaron Parkhurst, UCL (a.parkhurst@ucl.ac.uk)
<br>
<br>Panel Description (short):
<br>
<br>This panel invites papers that explore the theme of responsibility in
<br>relation to outer space. How can anthropologists engage with emerging
<br>contestations and forms of social relations, risk, futures, ethics and
<br>responsibly in current socio-political configurations of outer space?
<br>
<br>Panel Description:
<br>
<br>Amidst accelerating concerns about the future of life on Earth, outer
<br>space has come to offer powerful images and imaginaries of escape from
<br>an imperilled planet. Technology entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Jeff
<br>Bezos have described Mars colonisation as a 'back-up' plan to insure
<br>Earth and increase the chances of the survival of the human race. They
<br>have placed responsibility for the future of humanity firmly in the
<br>hands of the techno-scientific mega-organisations of billionaires and
<br>big government. Outer space is also a source of emerging threat for
<br>which government bodies or corporations can enact, seize, assign or
<br>secure responsibility. Rogue asteroids, space debris, military
<br>weaponisation and other space threats call forth different practices and
<br>modalities of responsibility.This panel invites papers that explore the
<br>theme of responsibility in relation to outer space. It asks as to
<br>emergent reconfigurations of social relations, risk, ethics and
<br>responsibly in current formulations of outer space. How is
<br>responsibility for the future being shaped and what social relations are
<br>being established, maintained or broken down in discourses and practices
<br>of space settlement or security? In what ways are theses futures
<br>structured within particular political and economic frameworks? How
<br>might off-world thinking deflect responsibility from pressing Earthly
<br>problems? What forms of inclusion and exclusion do outer space
<br>narratives of responsibility entail? This panel will use grounded
<br>ethnographic case studies to consider more-than-planetary questions. In
<br>doing so it will ask how anthropologists can engage with emerging
<br>contestations and configurations of responsibility at such scales?
<br>
<br>Paper proposals must be submitted via the online portal (scroll down to
<br>the 'Rules' section and you will see a green 'propose your paper'
<br>button):https://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa2020/cfp
<br>
<br>Proposals must consist of:
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<br> * A paper title
<br> * The name/s and email address/es of the author and co-authors
<br> * A short abstract of fewer than 300 characters
<br> * A long abstract of fewer than 250 words
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<br>On submission of the proposal, the proposing author (but not the
<br>co-authors) will receive an automated email confirming receipt.
<br>Co-authors cannot be added/removed nor can papers be withdrawn by the
<br>proposers themselves - for that, please email asa2020@st-andrews.ac.uk.
<br>
<br>The theme of ASA2020 is 'Responsibility [1]'. For more information about
<br>the conference in general, please click here [2].
<br>
<br>Inquiries are most welcome. Please CC all three convenors into any email
<br>correspondence so that we can get back to you as swiftly as possible:
<br>
<br>aret2@cam.ac.uk; david.jeevendrampillai@ntnu.no; a.parkhurst@ucl.ac.uk
<br>
<br>With very best wishes,
<br>
<br>Alex, Jeeva, Aaron
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<br>Alexander Taylor
<br>Department of Social Anthropology
<br>University of Cambridge
<br>M: +44 (0)7913722912
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<br>[1] https://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa2020/theme
<br>[2] https://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa2020/
<br>[3] http://webmail-1.hermes.cam.ac.uk/./#NOP
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