CCAM Ultra Space Symposium: Body/Cyborg/Alien? Embodying What’s Out There

The Spring 2023 CCAM Ultra Space Symposium takes up earthly reference frames for understanding the body in space. Inspired by the work of Arakawa and Gins, we consider the body as a part of its architectural surroundings. takes up earthly reference frames for understanding the body in space. Inspired by the work of Arakawa and Gins, we consider the body as a part of its architectural surroundings. As part of the symposium, join us for this panel discussion. What do you do when you find an alien? How do we know what to look for? What is the possibility of the first contact being a machine? What does it mean if we recognize a technosignautre on another planet? What is a technosignature, anyway? How is the present limiting our own thinking? How do we communicate with what we find? Featuring: Sydney Skybetter (Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Brown University), Elise Morrison (Assistant Professor of Theater Studies, Yale University), Ravi Kumar Kopparapu (Research AST, Planetary Studies, NASA), + moderated by Harshita Nedunuri (CCAM Ultra Space Research Fellow).