MARTIAN ENCOUNTERS: IMAGINING ALTERNATE NON-COLONIAL FUTURES (ASU et al), Nov 12-13, 2024, virtual,
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The Center for Science and Imagination at Arizona State University (ASU), Future Tense (a project of ASU and New America), Marsarchive.org, El Cúmulo de Tesla, the Palacio de la Autonomía at UNAM, and the Art, Science, and Technologies program of the Institute of Astronomy at UNAM, will hold a two-day event via Zoom from November 12-13, 2024.
The topic is “Martian Encounters: Imagining Alternate Non-Colonial Futures.”
The Zoom meeting will originate in Mexico City where there will be an in-person exhibition at the Palacio de la Autonomía considering the same themes through visual art and science.
The agenda is posted (in Central Mexico Time). There are five panels, each one-and-a-half hours long. One may register for each individually.
Conversations will take place in English and Spanish with simultaneous translation.
More information is on the event’s website, which says:
“Martian Encounters: Imagining Alternate Non-Colonial Futures” is a series of international, interdisciplinary conversations, bringing together thinkers and practitioners from various fields of art, science, and literature to address four major themes shaping our visions of the future on Earth and beyond: Maps, Temples, Borders, and Ecosystems. Uniting scientific, social, political, and cultural perspectives, we will explore these topics through a central concept of “otherness,” interrogating how we define people, things, and ideas as different, foreign, or alien.
The conversations will be held in English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation between both languages, allowing a broad audience to follow the discussions in either language. Concurrently, there will be an in-person exhibition at the Palacio de la Autonomía in Mexico City, considering the same themes through visual art and science.
“Martian Encounters” aims to weave new threads of thought between disciplines related to space exploration and other planets—starting with Mars, the closest and most familiar planet in our Solar System—but also to human interaction with planet Earth. We hope that interdisciplinary dialogue can uncover new ways of thinking, enabling us to more responsibly and carefully address complex issues, such as sending humans to Mars and responding to the climate crisis on Earth.
The event will take place virtually via Zoom on November 12 and 13, 2024. It will feature five panels: one for each theme (Maps, Temples, Borders, and Ecosystems), along with a final synthesis session.