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Infectious rhythms [PDF]

, 2001
A commentary on the 1st Auckland Triennial, the chapter engages with the work of artists John Lyall, Mariele Neudecker, Michael Parekowhai and Bill Hammond in order to explore the biological and cultural dimensions of inhabiting an island.
Clark, Nigel
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Terraforming the Red Planet: Imperial Domination, Neocolonial Control, and Resistance in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars

NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry
This paper uses Edward Said’s concept of colonial discourse to examine how Mars is colonized by the governments of Earth and dominated by transnational capitalism, as it is depicted in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars.
Jonathan Caleb Imdad
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Space Colonization and Existential Risk [PDF]

, 2019
Ian Stoner has recently argued that we ought not to colonize Mars because doing so would flout our pro tanto obligation not to violate the principle of scientific conservation, and there is no countervailing considerations that render our violation of ...
Gottlieb, Joseph
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From the Anthropocene epoch to a new Axial Age:using theory fictions to explore geo-spiritual futures [PDF]

, 2017
In this chapter, Szerszynski discusses how he used a series of linked ‘theory-fictions’ to explore possible futures for religion in a new geological epoch, using the notion of a possible ‘Second Axial Age’ based on a radically different metaphysics ...
Szerszynski, Bronislaw
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Terraforming and the City

, 2022
Chris Pak’s chapter examines worlds beyond our own. Focusing on Arthur C. Clarke’s novel The Sands of Mars, Frederick Turner’s Genesis: An Epic Poem, and Kim Stanley Robinsons Mars trilogy, Pak argues that representations of animals, plants, and bacteria are fundamental to how terraforming narratives conceive of cities as centers for the technological ...
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Problem-based learning spanning real and virtual words: a case study in Second Life [PDF]

, 2008
There is a growing use of immersive virtual environments for educational purposes. However, much of this activity is not yet documented in the public domain, or is descriptive rather than analytical.
Good, Judith, Howland, Katherine, Thackray, Liz   +2 more
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Listening to the Ancestral Wisdom of Diatomite Cliffs

Kvinder, Køn & Forskning
This article focuses on green politics in Denmark, highlighting how mainstream political rhetorics with cruel optimism promote the country as a green world leader, while turning a blind eye to the eco-cides that have formed its landscapes.
Nina Lykke
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Колонизация планеты людьми: миф или реальность? [PDF]

, 2016
Человечество стремится покорить галактику. Одним из самых больших шагов к освоению космоса будет колонизация другой планеты. В течение очень короткого времени человечеству многого удалось достичь в области космонавтики.
Damdinov, B. O.
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Terraformation of Mars [PDF]

PhD Research Sympozium 2018, 2018
Osídlení Marsu je pro lidstvo existenčně důležitý úkol, a ve stejné míře důležitý i ve smyslu poznání, je prvím krokem člověka mimo náš planetární systém. Celá problematika osídlení Marsu se skládá z mnoha problémů již vyřešených, řešitelných a zatím neznámých.
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Phenomenology and phenomenography in virtual worlds: an example from archaeology [PDF]

, 2018
This chapter discusses a project to construct a simulation of Avebury Henge, a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age monument in the SW of the U.K., in a 3D, virtual world environment, and to use phenomenological and phenomenographic methods for its evaluation.
Falconer, Elizabeth, Scott, Curie
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