Decolonizing the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Decolonizing the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

"The language of expansion, frontiers, and conquest reflects a long history of settlers taking Indigenous land and trying to eliminate Indigenous cultures; therefore, these scholars say, this rhetoric and way of thinking should be scrutinized when applied to efforts to reach outer space."

On April 4, 2022, journalist Doug Johnson published an essay in UNDARK magazine that addresses the recent scholarly essay by Dr. David Delgado Shorter on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

To read the essay, click HERE.