Anthropology and the humanization of space

Autor: Ben R. Finney
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: Acta Astronautica. 15:189-194
ISSN: 0094-5765
DOI: 10.1016/0094-5765(87)90019-1
Popis: Because of its broad evolutionary perspective, and its focus on both technology and culture, anthropology offers a unique perspective on why we are going into space and what leaving Earth will mean for humanity. In addition, anthropology could help in the humanization of space through: (1) overcoming socio-cultural barriers to working and living in space; (2) designing societies appropriate for permanent space settlement; (3) promoting understanding among differentiated branches of humankind scattered through space; (4) deciphering the cultural systems of any extraterrestrial civilizations contacted.
Databáze: OpenAIRE