Lisa Messeri, PhD, is an assistant professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at Yale University. She works with scientists and innovators to understand how their practices and imaginaries shape broader understandings of what it means to be in the world. In the book Placing Outer Space (2016), Messeri explores how planetary scientists and exoplanetary astronomers transform planets from scientific objects into places and worlds. Presently, she is writing a book that weaves together the fantasies and technologies that enliven the virtual reality community in Los Angeles. Messeri is more of a Scully than a Mulder.
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Lisa Messeri
Lisa Messeri, PhD, is an assistant professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at Yale University. She works with scientists and innovators to understand how their practices and imaginaries shape broader understandings of what it means to be in the world. In the book Placing Outer Space (2016), Messeri explores how planetary scientists and exoplanetary astronomers transform planets from scientific objects into places and worlds. Presently, she is writing a book that weaves together the fantasies and technologies that enliven the virtual reality community in Los Angeles. Messeri is more of a Scully than a Mulder.