Enclosing the cosmos : privatising space and voices of resistance

Jones, Craig (2021) Enclosing the cosmos : privatising space and voices of resistance. Society + Space.

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Abstract

The following discusses enclosure, disimagination, and Ethnofuturism to problematise futures of asteroid mining: highlighting how popular NSE discourses draw upon a Eurocentric rendition of a 'Grand Historical Narrative'. Through this, we may begin to challenge the totalising concept of 'humanity' oft-invoked by asteroid mining advocates and turn a more critical lens to these purported futures and the discourses (re)created to justify them.