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HYBRID Space Debris: Luděk Brož and Makar Terëshin in Conversation
21 October 2024, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Social anthropologists Luděk Brož and Makar Terëshin have each conducted ethnographic research with communities affected by space debris in Altai Republic (RU) and in Arkhangelsk Oblast (RU) and Ulytau Region (KZ), respectively.
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Institute of Advanced Studies
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IAS Forum and onlineG17, ground floor, South WingUCL, Gower St, LondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
The environmental impact of waste left by humans in orbit is an increasingly topical issue, not least because of the growing risks that collisions with waste pose for existing and future off-Earth infrastructures and space missions. By contrast, the space debris that falls on the ground along the path of space rocket launch trajectories is a considerably less well known issue. Social anthropologists Luděk Brož and Makar Terëshin have each conducted ethnographic research with communities affected by space debris in Altai Republic (RU) and in Arkhangelsk Oblast (RU) and Ulytau Region (KZ), respectively. Join us at the Centre for Outer Space Studies, as we get a chance to hear from Luděk and Makar in conversation about life under falling space debris.
All welcome. Attendance in person at UCL or online. Please select the appropriate ticket when you register: https://coss-space-debris.eventbrite.co.uk
The Centre for Outer Space Studies (COSS) was founded in 2019 to promote research and teaching related to the social study of Outer Space and our relationship to the cosmos and the planet. The Centre aims to act as a catalyst for serious debate, via talks, exhibitions, film screenings and other events that help us explore the socio-political impact of space science and the wider human relationship to outer space.
About the Speakers
Luděk Brož
Luděk Brož is Head of the Department of Ecological Anthropology at the Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences and a PI of an ERC funded project Veterinarization of Europe? Hunting for Wild Boar Futures in the Time of African Swine Fever (BOAR). Ludek is the author of Evil Spirits and Rocket Debris: In Search of Lost Souls in Siberia (Berghahn, 2024) and a co-editor, with Daniel Muenster, of Suicide and Agency: Anthropological Perspectives on Self-destruction, Personhood and Power (Routledge, 2016).
Makar Terëshin
Makar Terëshin is a social anthropologist and documentary photographer. He is a PhD candidate at University College London. His research interests concern material culture studies, environmental and visual anthropology, with an ethnographic focus on Russia and Kazakhstan. Currently, Makar is working on a project exploring politics and ecology of the Russian space industry in Central Kazakhstan. The project is supported by London Art and Humanities Partnership.