MA-SE Race to Heaven: The Anthropology of Earth and Outer Space
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Teaching
Details
Faculty Faculty of Humanities Domain Social Sciences Code UE-L37.00964 Languages English Type of lesson Seminar
Level Master Semester SA-2022 Schedules and rooms
Summary schedule Wednesday 10:15 - 12:00, Hebdomadaire (Autumn semester)
Teaching
Responsibles Teachers Description Space tourism, colonization of Moon and Mars, asteroids as resource providers, and the apparently endless possibilities of capitalist expansion in the Solar System are some of the visions that the commercial advocates of spaceflight discuss today. But the perspective of leaving the Earth generates a plethora of other questions, too. For example, who do asteroids belong to? Who has the right to settle new planets? Do we want to reproduce existing gender, ‘racial’, ethnic, economic and other inequalities on Mars? Can we not reproduce them? Do we want to exploit and ruin other planets in a similar way that we have ruined the Earth? Do we need religions on Mars, and if yes which ones? Are humans in Space still human, or do we need the Earth to be who we are?
In this course we will read our way through academic, commercial, legal, and sci-fi literature to understand the ethical, geopolitical, philosophical, and societal questions that necessarily arise around spaceflight and the exploration of Outer Space at the very moment when these become reality.
The course language is English.
Training objectives Learning Objectives
- Students learn to analyze complex social-political developments, and to place them in current debates and in a broader intellectual history
Students practice and improve upon academic oral presentation and debating skills
Comments Performance and evaluation:
Regular and active participation in class is compulsory. Attendance in the class and preparation of the given readings are part of the workload. Students are expected to read the compulsory literature and formulate one discussion question or a reflection for each class based on that literature. In addition, students prepare individually or in small groups a 10-15 minute input on one of the topics discussed in the course.
Softskills No Off field Yes BeNeFri Yes Mobility Yes UniPop No -
Dates and rooms
Date Hour Type of lesson Place 21.09.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 28.09.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 05.10.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 12.10.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 19.10.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 26.10.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 02.11.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 09.11.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 16.11.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 23.11.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 30.11.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 07.12.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 14.12.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 21.12.2022 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room E130 -
Assessments methods
Séminaire - SA-2022, Session d'hiver 2023
Date 23.01.2023 00:01 - 23:59 Assessments methods By rating Séminaire - SP-2023, Session d'été 2023
Assessments methods By rating Séminaire - SP-2023, Autumn Session 2023
Assessments methods By rating Séminaire - SA-2023, Session d'hiver 2024
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Assignment
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Version: SA18_MA_PA_bi_v01
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Version: SA22_MA_P2_bi_v01
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