(De)Colonising Outer Space: The New Space Economy, Asteroid Mining, and Ethnofuturist Engagements

外太空（去）殖民：新太空经济、小行星采矿和民族未来主义参与

• 批准号: ES/X00645X/1
• 负责人: Craig Jones
• 金额: $ 12.17万
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX00645X%2F1
• 关键词: De; Colonising; Outer; Space; New

ContextPresently, there is scant material on asteroid mining broadly, and less still from a socio-legal perspective. The rapidity of this nascent industry's development in the past decade and associated public concern, as evidenced by the frequency with which this topic appears in the media, necessitates an immediate and detailed examination. Whilst hardly a week goes by without a headline appearing with the vast purported value of an asteroid's minerology, there is a dearth of academic material that critically engages with this area. The narratives (re)created by New Space Economy (NSE) elites and industry actors almost exclusively draw upon colonial analogies and associated onto-epistemological frameworks to justify their activities. However, these attempts to foreclose extraterrestrial futurity and enclose Outer Space for private exploitation are not unchallenged. Instead, alternative conceptions of how to govern and relate to Outer Space are advocated for by and through the works of Ethnofuturist artists: people who are creating futuristic art whilst drawing upon cultural histories and beliefs that frustrate or contravene the de facto futurity maintained through private industry discourses. These Ethnofuturist engagements offer critiques of the seemingly-hegemonic discourses of private industry actors, frequently posing anti-colonial discourses and insights through Indigenous knowledges and spirituality.AimsThis fellowship aims to enliven and enrich emerging debates on asteroid mining and its attendant legal futurity through two main activities. First, by enhancing my PhD's impact and disseminating its findings in order to introduce the critical insights produced through engaging with indigenous knowledges and decoloniality in Outer Space studies. Second, preparing for the next stage of my research career by creating networks around this research and building upon it, drawing together several groups and disparate academics with whom I am already acquainted to begin generating interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration in this area of study. This fellowship will extend the scope of my PhD through a focused exploration of how the insights generated through my PhD can be invigorated and developed further through their being applied through a socio-legal setting. Achieving this also requires conceptual work stemming from my PhD: I will adopt a post/decolonial approach to the research area to deconstruct the normative notion of 'humanity' that is frequently invoked when discussing Outer Space legislation to begin critically accounting for the assumptions bound up within this terminology and how it supports industry actors and those already in positions of power. Consequently, this work will highlight indigenous knowledges, Ethnofuturisms, and how they problematise the normative conceptions of 'humanity' within Outer Space law and the dominant industry narrative(s).The substantive outcomes of this Fellowship will achieve these goals. I will disseminate my PhD findings through a series of academic articles, conference presentations, and will generate a book proposal to continue this dissemination beyond the course of the Fellowship. I will create a network of scholars, practitioners, and activists to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration within the research area and to establish this field further. The Fellowship will conclude with a hybrid conference to begin formalising the network and will generate media for online dissemination to reach a public audience.

目前，关于小行星采矿的广泛材料很少，从社会法律角度看更少。这一新兴行业在过去十年中发展迅速，公众对此表示关注，这一点从这一话题在媒体上出现的频率就可以看出，因此有必要立即进行详细的审查。虽然几乎没有一个星期没有一个标题出现与小行星的矿物学的巨大据称价值，有一个学术材料，批判性地从事这一领域的缺乏。新空间经济（NSE）精英和行业参与者创造的叙事（重新）几乎完全利用殖民类比和相关的本体认识论框架来证明他们的活动。然而，这些企图阻止外星未来和封闭外层空间供私人开发的做法并非没有受到挑战。相反，关于如何治理和与外层空间相关的替代概念是由民族未来主义艺术家的作品倡导的：这些艺术家创造未来主义艺术，同时借鉴文化历史和信仰，这些文化历史和信仰挫败或违反了通过私人工业话语维持的事实上的未来性。这些Ethnofuturist参与提供了私营行业演员的恶意霸权话语的批评，经常通过土著知识和灵性提出反殖民话语和见解。AimsThis奖学金旨在通过两个主要活动活跃和丰富小行星采矿及其伴随的法律的未来的新兴辩论。首先，通过加强我的博士学位的影响力和传播其研究结果，以介绍通过在外层空间研究中参与土著知识和非殖民化而产生的重要见解。第二，为我研究生涯的下一阶段做准备，围绕这项研究建立网络，并在此基础上建立网络，将我已经熟悉的几个团体和不同的学者聚集在一起，开始在这一研究领域进行跨学科的讨论和合作。该奖学金将通过重点探索如何通过我的博士学位产生的见解可以通过社会法律环境的应用进一步扩展我的博士学位的范围。实现这一目标还需要从我的博士学位的概念性工作：我将采取后/非殖民地的方法来研究领域解构“人类”的规范性概念，这是经常在讨论外层空间立法时引用，开始批判性地解释这个术语中的假设，以及它如何支持行业参与者和那些已经在权力位置。因此，这项工作将突出土著知识，民族未来主义，以及它们如何在外层空间法和主导产业叙述中对“人类”的规范性概念提出问题。我将通过一系列的学术文章，会议报告传播我的博士研究成果，并将产生一本书的建议，继续这种传播超越奖学金的过程。我将建立一个学者，从业者和活动家的网络，以鼓励研究领域内的跨学科合作，并进一步建立这一领域。该研究金将以一次混合会议结束，开始正式确定网络，并将产生在线传播的媒体，以接触公众。