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New Realms of Action Require New Domains of Expertise: Author's Preface to ''Principles of Space Anthropology''
Centauri Dreams (2016)
  • Cameron M. Smith, Portland State University
Abstract
An anthropologist and prehistorian at Portland State University, Dr. Smith today offers up his thoughts on the emerging discipline he calls space anthropology. How do we adapt a field that has grown up around the origin and growth of our species to a far future in which humans may take our forms of culture and consciousness deep into the galaxy? What follows is the preface for Dr. Smith’s upcoming book Principles of Space Anthropology: Establishing an Evolutionary Science of Human Space Settlement, to be published by Springer in 2018.
Keywords
  • space settlement,
  • human future,
  • futurism
Publication Date
Spring May 6, 2016
DOI
An anthropologist and prehistorian at Portland State University, Dr. Smith today offers up his thoughts on the emerging discipline he calls space anthropology. How do we adapt a field that has grown up around the origin and growth of our species to a far future in which humans may take our forms of culture and consciousness deep into the galaxy? What follows is the preface for Dr. Smith’s upcoming book Principles of Space Anthropology: Establishing an Evolutionary Science of Human Space Settlement, to be published by Springer later this year.
Citation Information
Cameron M. Smith. "New Realms of Action Require New Domains of Expertise: Author's Preface to ''Principles of Space Anthropology''" Centauri Dreams (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cameron-smith/26/