La lune de Saturne et le « nous » œcuménique. Entre astrobiologie et anthropologie
- Submitting institution
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Roehampton University
- Unit of assessment
- 21 - Sociology
- Output identifier
- 587052
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.4000/gradhiva.3061
- Title of journal
- Gradhiva: Journal of Anthropology and History of the Arts
- Article number
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- First page
- 136
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0764-8928
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- This article develops an anthropological perspective on the exploration of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. For astrobiologists, Titan is a favourite study object as it possesses a whole range of features that make this celestial body ’Earth-like’. The article considers how this purported familiarity is established, tackling the question by examining how our ecumenical ’we’ — our most extensive common denominator — shifts according to context (in contemporary astrobiology, ‘we’ are sometimes regarded as ‘geological beings’ rather than ‘living beings’, which affects the omnipresent ‘are we alone?’ question).
