
Anthropocene Cosmographies
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Drawing upon literature from across the social sciences, the book offers an innovative interdisciplinary examination of outer space that is grounded in geographic thinking. By delving into a range of materialities and milieus, it unpacks how outer space is framed, encountered and perceived by a variety of social and cultural actors. A new materialist methodology, combined with a mixed methods approach, is used to investigate meteorites, Dark Sky Parks and science fiction films, an effort that invokes deep pasts, embodied presents and speculative futures. In doing so, the book reveals the interrelatedness of human and cosmos, whilst unsettling the Anthropocene as a bounded and contained planetary condition.
The interdisciplinary nature of this book makes it appealing for anyone engaging with outer space and planetary thinking. This book will be of particular use to scholars and students in geography and the social studies of outer space, as well as those with an interest in the Anthropocene, new materialism and more-than-human studies.
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"As the Planetary Spaces book series continues to grow, so too does its reach. This fantastic new title takes the reader beyond the planet, paying attention to the geographies of outer space and the ways human life is held in relation to worlds beyond Earth, but also of the inhuman natures outside of its boundaries, and our planetary control. Deeply conceptualised and richly informed with empirical research, this engaging book tells us about our entanglements with meteorites, shares an autoethnography of astrophotography in Dark Sky Parks, and explores the role of films in enabling our access to celestial worlds. Weaving together, as well as critiquing, some of the most important themes shaping current scholarship - the Anthropocene and new materialism - this book continues to launch geographical thinking - and this book series - in new directions. As Lowder notes, "despite palpable progress, geographic engagements with outer space remain on the peripheries". This book does no small task in pulling it into the orbit of our attention."Kimberley Peters, Series Editor, Planetary Spaces Series
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