The Cultural Considerations Working Group

 

Lunarology.Space an extension of the activities of the Cultural Considerations Working Group of the Moon Village Association.

The “Cultural Considerations Working Group” provides a forum for raising and promoting an international discussion of diverse cultural factors that must inform decisions regarding, or that might arise from the Moon Village concept and its implementation. The Working Group will involve experts and intellectuals worldwide, ready to contribute to the discussion while at the same time reaching out to the general public to communicate a broader knowledge and a better understanding of possible challenges and likely opportunities for an improvement of our life on Earth.

Leader(s): Remo Rapetti, Arthur Woods

Our mandate is to catalyze and promote a positive transformation of humanity's general cultural consensus around the development of a permanent human presence on the Moon.

Our remit is to steer the cultural impact of lunar development in a positive direction.

Our goal is to articulate the cultural benefits of a permanent lunar presence that transcends both technological and spiritual platforms in order to create an inevitability of human growth and development incorporating our closest celestial neighbor.

To steer the cultural impact of and on the Moon we are undertaking the following actions:

1. Identify and partner with organizations that bring more depth to our understanding of culture, specifically in respect of indigenous philosophies.
   
   
2. Consider physical and tangible expressions of culture that would both deepen our understanding and raise awareness. For example, placing a camera on the Moon so that everyone on Earth can experience the overview effect in real time.
   
   
3. To host webinars with invited experts dedicated to discussing the cultural aspects of the Moon.
   
   
4. To produce videos and other media about the Moon.
   
   
5. Create sub-Working Groups to pursue specific topics, to develop detailed white papers on each, while also considering further topics for consideration, including a focus on what cultural impact missions to the far side of the Moon may create.
   
   
6. Develop a social media campaign to challenge conceptions and misconceptions about space and space exploration.

To participate in the working group you must first become a member of the Moon Village Association and we invite you to do so.

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