The Anthropology of Space in Search of Scale
[Shagi i skachki: antropologiia kosmosa v poiskakh masshtaba]
Type of publication: Editor's Introduction
Submitted: 12.06.2019
Accepted: 12.12.2019
About author(s)
Denis Sivkov | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1645-9604 | d.y.sivkov@gmail.com | Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (82/1 Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119571, Russia)
Keywords
space exploration, scale, local space, anthropology of outer space, place
Abstract
The anthropology of space is still limited to research on outer space conducted on Earth. Up until very recently, anthropologists tended to think of the exploration of space as a global endeavor involving the joint efforts of the humankind. The space race, however, eventually manifested its national aspect. The latest research, interestingly, seems to suggest that the outer space is being further parcellized and confined to particular localities on Earth. This article introduces a thematic section of the issue on the “Anthropology of Space: From the Global to the Local” which features scholarly contributions from A. Vetushinskii, D. Sivkov, E. Kuchinov, I. Chalakov and I. Popravko.
Citation
Sivkov, D. Yu. 2019. Steps and Leaps: The Anthropology of Space in Search of Scale [Shagi i skachki: antropologiia kosmosa v poiskakh masshtaba]. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 6: 29–33. https://doi.org/10.31857/S086954150007766-2
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