This theoretical essay draws on the spatial theory of Henri Lefebvre and others; as well as recen... more This theoretical essay draws on the spatial theory of Henri Lefebvre and others; as well as recent technoscientific ethnography (Lisa Messeri) and cultural-architectural history (Fred Scharmen) within Space Studies; as well as the ideas of space-settlement found in the work of Gerard O'Neill, Timothy Leary, and Freeman Dyson.
It proceeds and concludes by synthesizing these threads into a particular conceptual assemblage which makes spatial, political, and ontological arguments concerning strategies, tactics, and operations of/in praxis within the frame of the contemporary and everyday life, as well as towards long-term goals involving these topics with special focus centering the entwined foci of:
1) Spatial praxis and the production of space;
2) Post-scarcity and cyborg-Posthumanist futures, which reach out towards space settlement beyond the territory of the Earth.
The essay is also served with original digital art by the author.
[This is a pre-publication final draft and may visually differ from the final physical publication.]
This paper explores the poetics and aesthetics of time travel, charting a conceptual cartography,... more This paper explores the poetics and aesthetics of time travel, charting a conceptual cartography, and it's use as a site of narratological experimentation. It then analyzes time travels use as a narrative device in Star Trek.
This theoretical essay draws on the spatial theory of Henri Lefebvre and others; as well as recen... more This theoretical essay draws on the spatial theory of Henri Lefebvre and others; as well as recent technoscientific ethnography (Lisa Messeri) and cultural-architectural history (Fred Scharmen) within Space Studies; as well as the ideas of space-settlement found in the work of Gerard O'Neill, Timothy Leary, and Freeman Dyson.
It proceeds and concludes by synthesizing these threads into a particular conceptual assemblage which makes spatial, political, and ontological arguments concerning strategies, tactics, and operations of/in praxis within the frame of the contemporary and everyday life, as well as towards long-term goals involving these topics with special focus centering the entwined foci of:
1) Spatial praxis and the production of space;
2) Post-scarcity and cyborg-Posthumanist futures, which reach out towards space settlement beyond the territory of the Earth.
The essay is also served with original digital art by the author.
[This is a pre-publication final draft and may visually differ from the final physical publication.]
This paper explores the poetics and aesthetics of time travel, charting a conceptual cartography,... more This paper explores the poetics and aesthetics of time travel, charting a conceptual cartography, and it's use as a site of narratological experimentation. It then analyzes time travels use as a narrative device in Star Trek.
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It proceeds and concludes by synthesizing these threads into a particular conceptual assemblage which makes spatial, political, and ontological arguments concerning strategies, tactics, and operations of/in praxis within the frame of the contemporary and everyday life, as well as towards long-term goals involving these topics with special focus centering the entwined foci of:
1) Spatial praxis and the production of space;
2) Post-scarcity and cyborg-Posthumanist futures, which reach out towards space settlement beyond the territory of the Earth.
The essay is also served with original digital art by the author.
[This is a pre-publication final draft and may visually differ from the final physical publication.]
Buy the (beautiful!) zine @ https://tinyurl.com/5c8wxb4n
It proceeds and concludes by synthesizing these threads into a particular conceptual assemblage which makes spatial, political, and ontological arguments concerning strategies, tactics, and operations of/in praxis within the frame of the contemporary and everyday life, as well as towards long-term goals involving these topics with special focus centering the entwined foci of:
1) Spatial praxis and the production of space;
2) Post-scarcity and cyborg-Posthumanist futures, which reach out towards space settlement beyond the territory of the Earth.
The essay is also served with original digital art by the author.
[This is a pre-publication final draft and may visually differ from the final physical publication.]
Buy the (beautiful!) zine @ https://tinyurl.com/5c8wxb4n