Decolonising space: Bhargavi PBA, ‘Not “Manifest” but an “Inclusive” Destiny: A Case for Decolonizing Space Exploration’, E-International Relations, 12/05/25 | settler colonial studies blog

Decolonising space: Bhargavi PBA, ‘Not “Manifest” but an “Inclusive” Destiny: A Case for Decolonizing Space Exploration’, E-International Relations, 12/05/25

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Excerpt: While interplanetary travel is presented as a valuable endeavor, in which space explorers will visit other planets and colonize them, it has also been termed by some scholars as a ‘renewed form of settler colonialism’—the legacy of colonization on Earth that had led to disastrous consequences such as genocide, displacement of Indigenous communities and cultures, economic inequalities and the degradation of the environment (Dunbar-Ortiz, 2014; Saini, 2019; Painter, 2010; Bhandar, 2018). It is, therefore, imperative for space explorers to understand the history and legacy of colonialism on Earth to help discern how seemingly innocent curiosity to explore space is entrenched in colonial behaviors.

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