Reindeer, rockets and space infrastructures: Enacting oligoptic-satellitarian environments in Northern Sweden
Chakad Ojani
Abstract:This article focuses on a series of connections between space infrastructures and environments in northern Sweden. Swedish space professionals often highlight the centrality of outer space for contemporary imaginaries about the planet as an interconnected whole. At the same time, the country's sounding rocket range outside the city of Kiruna relies on deep-seated constructions of the subarctic environment as empty wilderness. With the ongoing development of small satellite launch capability, the surrounding la… Show more
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