Tag: anthropology of science

• Klara joined the Working Group on Astrobioethics

  I feel very privileged to have been given the opportunity to become one of the SOC members of the International WG on Astrobioethics. One of the main tasks of the Working Group will be to analyse the potential societal and ethical implications related to astrobiology, taking into account the complexity of the connections between its…

  Klara Anna Capova

  February 18, 2017

  astrobiology, environment, ethics, news, outer space

  anthropology of science, astrobioethics, astrobiology, ethics of science, history of astrobiology

• Klara’s dissertation now available online

  The abstract and full-text of my doctoral dissertation, ‘The Charming Science of the Other: The cultural analysis of science in search for life beyond earth‘ is now available to download from Durham e-Theses. Abstract: This dissertation presents the cultural study of scientific search for extraterrestrial life conducted over the past sixty years by the scientific community.…

  Klara Anna Capova

  January 26, 2017

  charming science, doctoral research, downloads

  anthropology of outerspace, anthropology of science, astrobiology, cultural analysis, doctoral dissertation, exploring, listening, messaging, search for life

• Report on Klara’s Master’s Dissertation

  What a lovely surprise. Just found out that the ‘Report on Klara Anna Capova’s Master’s dissertation on Voyager Message’ is available for download (.pdf) from the Charles University in Prague website. Have not seen this document since 2008!

  Klara Anna Capova

  October 11, 2016

  research, research reports

  anthropology of science, research, sociocultural anthropology, visual analysis, Voyager Message

• Deathless Hopes: Reinventions of Afterlife and Eschatological Beliefs

  The ‘Deathless Hopes’ conference will examine the subject of eschatology in Jewish and Christian traditions from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. Issues such as the hope of resurrection, apocalyptic scenarios, and cosmic redemption have been a hotbed of religious invention, renewal, and innovation with significant social consequences. Hosted by Oranim Academic College of Education in Tivon,…

  Klara Anna Capova

  May 30, 2016

  downloads, talks

  afterlife, anthropology of science, cultural analysis, cultures of science, interdisciplinary research, scientific culture, STS, technoscience

• CLNR Report: Energy Practices and Flexibility

  CLNR Report Domestic Customers: Energy Practices and Flexibility is now available to download. This paper provides a synopsis of the research findings produced by the social science team at Durham University in collaboration with the engineering research team at Durham and Newcastle Universities. Authors: Klara Anna Capova, Gareth Powells, Harriet Bulkeley and Steve Lyon, Durham University.

  Klara Anna Capova

  February 27, 2015

  research reports

  anthropology of science, energy practices, social science, sociotechnical study, STS

• Klara’s Talk at a SETI Workshop

  Would humans be able to decode information-rich signals from another planet? Could we create a “universal language” that would be meaningful to an independently evolved civilization? To help answer these questions, on November 10-11 the SETI Institute will convene a multidisciplinary, international workshop at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Speakers from six countries will…

  Klara Anna Capova

  December 3, 2014

  seti, talks, videos

  anthropology of outerspace, anthropology of science, extraterrestrial intellingence, interstellar messages, universal language

• Universe Today: Report on the Communicating Across the Cosmos workshop Part 3 Bridging the Vast Gulf

  Paul Patton opens the third part of the report by saying: “If extraterrestrial civilizations exist, the nearest is probably at least hundreds or thousands of light years away. Still, the greatest gulf that we will have to bridge to communicate with extraterrestrials is not such distances, but the gulf between human and alien minds. In mid-November,…

  Klara Anna Capova

  November 27, 2014

  reviews

  anthropology of outerspace, anthropology of science, interstellar messages, seti, universe today, workshop

• NASA Astrobiology Conference 2012: Abstract and Poster

  The poster abstract ‘The Detection of Extraterrestrial Life – Are We Ready?’ for AbSciCon – NASA Astrobiology Science Conference 2012: Exploring Life: Past and Present, Near and Far is available online. Abstract Body: The paper offers a novel perspective on the scientific search for life beyond Earth, based on the ‘outsiders’ point of view approach that anthropology…

  Klara Anna Capova

  June 27, 2014

  conference reports, poster

  AbSciCon, anthropology of science, astrobiology, nasa, poster