Political geographies of Mars: A history of Martian management

Christy Collis; Philip Graham

doi:10.1177/1744935909337750

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Political geographies of Mars: A history of Martian management

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Political geographies of Mars: A history of Martian management

Christy Collis and Philip Graham

Management and Organizational History, Vol.4(3), pp.247-261

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1744935909337750

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Abstract

Mars

outer space

space colonization

Terra nullius

Terraforming

The task of this article is to provide an analysis of the uneven terrain of Martian political geographies in the context of western political economic trajectories. Focusing on debates over the nature of Mars's legal status, the article attends to a key question, a question that has not yet been answered: should Mars be a terra communis - the common property of humanity, unavailable as private property - a terra nullius - or space available for private property claims - or a 'cosmic park' space of intrinsic value? That is, should Mars be claimable space, and if so, how could it be transformed into a possession, and by whom? By outlining arguments both for and against the idea of Mars as available for claiming and colonization, the article demonstrates that when it comes to Mars, the historical processes of imperial and capitalist management and organization of 'new' spaces are not the only options available for humans' relationships with Mars. © 2009 SAGE.

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Title: Political geographies of Mars: A history of Martian management
Authors: Christy Collis (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Philip Graham (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Management and Organizational History, Vol.4(3), pp.247-261
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.1177/1744935909337750
ISSN: 1744-9359
Copyright note: Copyright © 2009 Taylor & Francis Ltd. Reproduced with permission. This is an electronic version of an article published in Management and Organizational History, and is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744935909337750
Organisation Unit: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450802502621
Output Type: Journal article

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