For the Aliens, We Are the Aliens

J 2026

For the Aliens, We Are the Aliens

ŠLESINGEROVÁ, Eva; Matěj VRBÍK a Zdeněk FOUKAL

Základní údaje

Originální název

For the Aliens, We Are the Aliens

Autoři

ŠLESINGEROVÁ, Eva ; Matěj VRBÍK a Zdeněk FOUKAL

Vydání

ACTA ASTRONAUTICA, Elsevier, 2026, 0094-5765

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50404 Antropology, ethnology

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.400 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.06.002

Klíčová slova anglicky

speculative anthropology; SETI; mockumentary; sociotechnical imaginaries; Voyager Golden Record; utopias; cultural conflicts; interstellar communication

Štítky

online first

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 10. 6. 2026 14:53, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Reflecting on the legacy of the 1977 Voyager Golden Record, this article analyzes the mockumentary Buzz of the Earth (2023) by Greta Stocklassa as a “diegetic prototype” for interstellar communication. Drawing on the lenses of speculative anthropology and utopian studies, we examine how the film uses satire to expose the “poly-crisis” of the contemporary historical moment. By staging a deliberative deadlock between technocratic, anthropocentric optimism and critical, post-colonial reflexivity, the film demonstrates that the construction of a message for extraterrestrial intelligence is inherently a political act of self-definition. Central to this analysis is the sociological paradox of SETI’s persistence: how a field defined by decades of empirical silence retains scientific authority and material resources. We argue that the value of the search lies not in the reception of a signal, but in the production of “imagined futures.” Ultimately, the article suggests that speculative anthropology resolves this paradox by reframing the cosmic silence as vital cultural data about the sender—an archive of anxieties and hopes that drives technological innovation while offering a critical space to negotiate terrestrial crises such as planetary precarity and the legacies of colonialism.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1833/2025, interní kód MU

Název: Society in times of crisis: Acceleration, Singularisation, and the Crisis of Emancipation

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Society in times of crisis: Acceleration, Singularisation, and the Crisis of Emancipation

Citovat

ŠLESINGEROVÁ, Eva; Matěj VRBÍK a Zdeněk FOUKAL. For the Aliens, We Are the Aliens. ACTA ASTRONAUTICA. Elsevier, 2026. ISSN 0094-5765. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.06.002.

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ŠLESINGEROVÁ, Eva; Matěj VRBÍK a Zdeněk FOUKAL. For the Aliens, We Are the Aliens. \textit{ACTA ASTRONAUTICA}. Elsevier, 2026. ISSN~0094-5765. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2026.06.002.

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