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How different nationalities get along in space
The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique human outpost in outer space. Requiring collaboration among five space agencies representing 15 countries, it took 10 years to assemble and at least 30 missions. About the size of a football field, this station orbits 400 km above Earth and serves as a test centre to introduce new technologies. The EU-funded Ethno-ISS project will propose a comparative and multi-sited ethnography of the ISS. A cooperative programme between Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia, and the US, the ISS offers invaluable insights into fundamental questions at the heart of the social sciences. One example is the effect of micro gravity on our understanding of material culture and sociality within an environment of international cooperation. |
