Space Archaeology (SPACE JUNK) with Alice Gorman
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The Paradox of the Contemporary Past
Space archaeology fits into what we're calling the archaeology of the contemporary past another kind of paradox. This isn't always stuff that people have abandoned or discarded. Often it's stuff that people are actually using or living in the International Space Station. Ali was a heritage consultant working with Aboriginal communities in Australia and for those communities similarly you don't say this is a hundred years old so it has a different kind of value. A lot of the value comes because things are still very present and interwoven in everyday life.
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