Description
Ruimtekolonialisme, voortgedreven door multinationals die grondstoffen in de ruimte willen ontginnen en ambitieuze plannen hebben voor de kolonisatie van andere hemellichamen, bepaalt momenteel de agenda van ruimteverkenning. Het betreft een van nature sterk exploitatieve agenda, die in de toekomst allesvernietigende gevolgen kan hebben. De criminologie — en in het bijzonder de ruimtecriminologie — is recent begonnen deze ontwikkelingen kritisch te bestuderen. Zoals het Europese kolonialisme ooit werd aangestuurd door onbegrensd kapitalisme, wat uitmondde in genocide en later ecocide, zo zou ook het ruimtekolonialisme kunnen leiden tot astrocide.Vooralsnog ontbreekt een theoretische (en toekomstgerichte) invulling van dit begrip. In deze presentatie wordt astrocide gedefinieerd als de systematische uitbuiting en totale vernietiging van hemellichamen en mogelijk buitenaards leven, en is op basis van bestaande definities van astrocide — in het bijzonder op basis van Vahakn N. Dadrian's typologie van genocide (1975) — een prospectieve typologie van astrocide geïntroduceerd. Daarin worden vier vormen onderscheiden:
- Latente astrocide (interplanetaire besmetting en planetaire verdedigingsmaatregelen);
- Utilitaire of utilitaristische astrocide (de exploitatie van zogenaamd “niemandsland” in de ruimte);
- Optimale astrocide (door middel van terraformatie);
- Bioculturele astrocide (bijvoorbeeld via transhumanistische ingrepen).
| Period | 29 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Held at | Symplas/Atlas Studievereniging Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Degree of Recognition | Local |
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