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The Anthropology of Outer Space

2 Series Titles


New Space Futures The Social Worlds of the New Space Economy

New Space Futures: The Social Worlds of the New Space Economy

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Peter Timko
February 25, 2027

This book explores the diverse ambitions, tensions, and curious entanglements of the new space economy through an ethnographic lens. The world has entered a new space age. Driven by a complex confluence of political, economic, and technological developments, this new space era is characterized by ...

Orthodox Icons and Cosmonaut Exemplars Which Way to Heaven?

Orthodox Icons and Cosmonaut Exemplars: Which Way to Heaven?

1st Edition

By Jenia Gorbanenko
October 23, 2026

This book offers a fascinating ethnography of Russian Orthodox people and things in outer space, and of outer space in Russian Orthodoxy. It considers how the Russian Orthodox participate in cosmonautics on Earth and in outer space, and how they relate with humans venturing off Earth in their ...

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