From Discourse to Reality: A Critique of the Sustainability Discourse for Activities in Earth Orbits

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dc.contributor.advisorBerland, Jody
dc.contributor.authorEbrahimpoor, Tanya
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-04T15:09:28Z
dc.date.available2023-08-04T15:09:28Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-04
dc.date.updated2023-08-04T15:09:27Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractPolitical-military-economic elites have exerted hegemonic abuse of power towards the peoples and ecosystem of Earth through production and propagation of misleading and manipulative discourses on the fundamentals of space sustainability. The elites have utilized their discursive powers to create knowledge, attitudes, and ideologies among the general public in favour of geopolitical, military, and capitalist domination, commodification, and exploitation of Earth orbits for their own benefit. Manipulative discourses on space sustainability have enabled the elites to exercise control over the minds and actions of the public while suppressing different forms of resistance and dissidence. A sociocognitive critical discourse analysis of major discourses on space sustainability demonstrates numerous ways through which the elites have led a campaign of mind control to justify their expansionist and imperialist activities in outer space, particularly in Earth orbits. The results of the analysis demonstrate the urgency of challenging and shifting the stream of manipulative discourses on space sustainability, proposing awareness raising, counter-discourse and civil movements as the most effective approaches.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41320
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.subjectEthics
dc.subjectEnvironmental studies
dc.subject.keywordsOuter space
dc.subject.keywordsEarth orbits
dc.subject.keywordsSpace sustainability
dc.subject.keywordsCritical discourse studies
dc.subject.keywordsCritical discourse analysis
dc.subject.keywordsSociocognitive discourse studies
dc.subject.keywordsOuter space treaty
dc.subject.keywordsOST
dc.subject.keywordsSpace
dc.subject.keywordsEthics of space exploration
dc.subject.keywordsSpace exploration
dc.subject.keywordsMilitarization of space
dc.subject.keywordsWeaponization of space
dc.subject.keywordsSpace debris
dc.subject.keywordsSpace junk
dc.subject.keywordsPeaceful purposes
dc.subject.keywordsSpace billionaires
dc.subject.keywordsCounter-discourse
dc.subject.keywordsSpace activism
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental studies
dc.subject.keywordsSustainability
dc.subject.keywordsDiscourse
dc.subject.keywordsPrivate space sector
dc.titleFrom Discourse to Reality: A Critique of the Sustainability Discourse for Activities in Earth Orbits
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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