Ep3: Follow the Object
Yves and Clare are joined by internationally renowned space archeologist Alice Gorman, who you may also know as Dr Space Junk, author of Dr Space Junk Vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future (MIT Press, 2019). How do we catalog, access, and work in an archive suspended in the stars above our heads? Alice discusses her journey from indigenous heritage management to satellites and spacecraft, and reflects on the pitfalls of understanding the story of humankind as “from the stone age to the space age”. The group also discusses code-breaking, armor against mortality, colonialism and the unexpected delights of cable-ties.
References & Further Reading
Alice Gorman’s Flinders University profile
Dr Space Junk Vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future (MIT Press, 2019)
The Burra Charter (2013)
Have a look (or a listen) to the contents of the Golden Records!
Take a peek at a 2018 view of Elon Musk’s Starman and Tesla in space.
Alice Gorman, Yves Rees and Clare Wright talk space archives
Yves Rees, Alice Gorman, and Clare Wright
The cover of Alice Gorman’s Dr Space Junk Vs The Universe (MIT Press, 2019).