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Documentation Permissions

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Notes towards a responsible, commons-based approach to sharing media

Current thinking about sharing and group ownership of workshop media and artefacts, and the protection of the privacy and choice of participants against unintended public exposure or exposure to AI scraping.

Across workshops we aim for welcome, co-design and meaningful shared ownership to support transdisciplinary collaboration and communities of practice developing fresh research in conversation with each other. This requires good faith and good trust.

'''Shard authorship of workshop artefacts
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Workshop artefacts that are intended to be shared across communities of practice need to have authorship attributed to all contributors. Privacy and permissions need to be discussed at the outset, and then agreement signalled through a form, or an online form, that explicitly grant permissions to share, based on the specific context of the workshop.

Where possible, materials will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This means works can be freely used and adapted by others, provided credit is given to the original creators and any derivative works are shared alike. This is context dependent, and there are contexts in which this licence is not appropriate.

'''Photographs and Participant Likeness
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Additional protections need to apply when media involves identifiable images of participants and that requires an opt-in format.

'''Explicit Permission for Participant Likeness
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Photographs, videos, and media depicting a participant’s likeness need to have explicit permission to be shared. This permission must be informed and specify the intended use, ensuring that participants are fully aware of where and how their likeness will appear.

'''Limited and Protected Sharing
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Images on the web risk being inadvertently misused through AI scraping. Efforts may be made to share in restricted environments, or in trusted community platforms, to minimise exposure to these risks.

'''Revocation of Consent and Right to Removal
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Participants reserve the right to take back consent for the sharing of their likeness at any time. To respect this, we will immediately remove or replace any images upon request, honouring participant freedom of choice and preserving their control over their personal likenesses.

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SETI Hub Wiki:About

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===Community Wiki on SETI Post-Detection===

This wiki is a community resource for exploring, learning about, and sharing evidence-based post-detection research. The SETI Post-Detection Hub is based in Scotland, and yet this wiki is collective and intended as a planetary resource, committed to including research and networks from regions often underrepresented in SETI, such as the Global South.

We welcome contributions including reading materials, creative examples of SETI post-detection, research groups, and resources for all levels of interest.

The [[Bibliography]] connects research across disciplines, including anthropology, governance, ethics, technology, futures studies, disaster studies, Indigenous research, creative practice, and art-science. Whilst the collective bibliography aims to grow a rich section on SETI Post-Detection for Oman-Reagan et al's SETI Primer, this wiki is a living archive, and intended to widen access, encouraging a varied forum that supports all levels of post-detection research. The intention is to celebrate foundational post-detection efforts and open up plural approaches to post-detection in the present.

The wiki is open, growing, and always in process, reflecting the collaborative spirit of a wiki itself. It is as a collaborative resource, not a fixed or definitive resource.

Missing something? You are warmly invited to add it: please share your references with the community and help this wiki grow.

You are invited to either add references directly in the individual bibliography pages, or add references as unique pages with BibTeX by following Step 2 in the contribution guide.

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== Getting started ==
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* How to contribute to this wiki on SETI post-detection

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* The work begins in English, with the aim of translating into other languages as translators become available, to support a multilingual and international resource.

'''[[Contributors|Contributors]]'''

* Credit and list of contributors to this wiki over time

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This collective resource is dedicated to the memory of Bart Wlodarczyk-Sroka †, a SETI researcher and one of the younger members of the UKSRN. Their contribution and enthusiasm continue to inspire our community.

Post-detection Situations

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=== Post-Detection Scenarios ===

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| YEAR
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| [[User:YourName]]
| A#-B#-C#-D#-E#-F#-G#-H#-I#-J#-K#-L#-M#-N#
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| [Interpretation round text]
| [Understanding round text]
| [Meta tags / notes]

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! Year !! Scenario Title !! Author !! Permutation Type (A–N) !! Detection Round (≤150 words) !! Interpretation Round (≤150 words, facilitator only) !! Understanding Round (≤150 words, facilitator only) !! Meta Tags / Notes
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| 2025
| "Venus Anomaly Helix"
| [[User:ExampleContributor]]
| A3-B2-C3-D2-E2-F1-G5-H1-I2-J2-K2-L3-M1-N1
| During a data-mining contest held by an educational nonprofit, a student's AI assistant flagged an anomaly in archived telemetry data from a decades-old orbiter mission to Venus. The anomaly structurally resembled a stylized helix embedded physically as an energy oscillation pattern within the waveform of the orbiter’s original communication signal.
| The pattern contained minimal decipherable content from a human perspective and no contextual clues, was of very short duration, and was later judged to be probably unintentionally emitted.
| Later investigation of the pattern’s characteristics suggested a synthetic, non-biological source: possibly a byproduct of a passing technological artifact. The apparent absence of any harmful interference or neutrally disruptive effects led to a probably benign assessment.
| AI anomaly, Venus, benign contact
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Post-Detection Toolkit

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'''The Toolkit guide .pdf is in its final edit stage.''' This resource will help guide contributions. If you would like more guidance about how to take part in the process at this point, or receive a notification when the Post-Detection Toolkit is open to edit, please send an email to: [mailto:postdetectionhub@gmail.com postdetectionhub@gmail.com]. Addresses are kept private and are not added to any other lists.
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= What is the Post-Detection Toolkit? =

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The Post-Detection Toolkit is a flexible framework for exploring future discoveries, designed to handle uncertainty and highlight the significance of context, governance, and international collaboration. The toolkit uses a four-scenario method (from Dator's futures methods) to intentionally maximise difference between plausible futures. By enabling work with divergent possibilities, including those beyond current expectations, it helps build collective capacities for response across varied publics and disciplines.
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The toolkit grows out of the collective research efforts of the Scenarios Working Group at the [https://seti.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ SETI Post-Detection Hub] at the University of St Andrews, led by Dr. George Profitiliotis.

The work has involved extensive collaborative development across two phases to develop through a 15-month participatory futures process (2023–2025) that imagines various alternatives for the SETI ecosystem in 2050 and explores discovery and its aftermath.

The first phase used Miro for horizon scanning, identifying trends and uncertainties, and constructing four contrasting pre-detection scenarios. The second phase combined asynchronous work with activities during the inaugural [https://sites.google.com/view/pd-futures/home Post-Detection Futures] meeting (St Andrews, 2025), working to generate a set of detection situations that could be randomly combined for use in workshops or simulations.

= A Recipe Book for SETI Futures =

The toolkit is designed as a recipe book that makes futures thinking accessible through storytelling, role-play and collaborative exercises.

The fully developed toolkit will provide practical resources, including scenarios, templates, and interactive methods, as well as guidance on how to adapt and use them. The structured resource combines '''[[Pre-detection Scenarios|pre-detection scenarios]]''' and a growing archive of '''[[Post-detection Situations|post-detection situations]]'''.

= Contributions welcome =

The 4 '''[[Pre-detection Scenarios|pre-detection scenarios]]''' have been designed across the last years, but the '''[[Pre-detection Scenarios|pre-detection scenarios]]''' are open to continuous contribution and strive for a diverse collection as possible.

As a commons resource, the Toolkit is an evolving effort that grows through participant engagement and welcomes plural scenarios and narratives beyond UK, USA and European contexts.

Anyone can contribute to the open sections, critique or adapt the materials. This is to support ongoing dialogue and that the resource remains robust and relevant across different communities. The post-detection situations archive is a living, open-ended resource, and contributors are invited to add to it, drawing on science fiction, notable SETI false alarms, or imagination.

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'''Important note:''' The resource lists ingredients, but to come to life it needs and relies on the improvisation of facilitators and participants. We are grateful for all contributions that can enrich the variety of the post-detection situations. To use the Toolkit elements, they need to be adapted and combined with specific contexts through group work. This process is done in groups: communities bring their own contexts to the exploration of varied futures of technosignature detection, and consider how they might feel, act, and respond in unfamiliar or unprecedented situations. The improvisatory process is human work that can't be done alone or automated.
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== How to Use The Post-Detection Toolkit ==

* '''Explore''' pre-detection scenarios and post-detection situations, resources, and methods.
* '''Contribute''' new detection situations to grow the archive and introduce greater variety.
* '''Remix''' the Toolkit through digital or analogue means, adapting scenarios into games, tools, or experiences that enable communities to explore post-detection together.

== Public Outreach ==

For the wider public, the Toolkit serves as an accessible and creative way to understand possible futures in the context of scenarios of discovery in 2050.

* '''A Tool for Dialogue and Participation:''' Participants consider the ethical, social, and emotional dimensions of possible futures together, and discuss what values and actions might matter most in those contexts. The goal is to include communities in policy questions and issues, for futures shaped by diverse perspectives, not just experts.

* '''Transform to Engage:''' The work is offered to the research community for adaptation. Members of the Hub are working on translating the Toolkit into different formats, including an AI tool in a "choose your own adventure" type of narrative game, and a more analogue collective role-play workshop. The Toolkit has been used in workshops, public events, and community activities in Scotland, the USA, New Zealand, and Georgia, with upcoming sessions in Australia.

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'''Note:''' The first edition of the ''Post-Detection Toolkit'' was trialled in summer workshops.
An updated version will be published here on the Wiki after it is formally released at the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, from 5 to 9 October 2026.

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'''For Reference:'''

* Elliott et al. (2023). ''The SETI Post-Detection Hub: Preparing for Discovery.'' IAC-23,A4,2,2,x79324.
* Genevieve et al. (2024). ''Plurality in Post Detection Scenarios.'' 53rd International Astronautical Congress, Italy.
* Profitiliotis et al. (2025). ''SETI Post-Detection Toolkit 2050.'' (Upcoming).

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Post-Detection Toolkit and Tools

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A collection of resources, scenarios, and readiness tools that balance risk and imagination, offering participatory and playful ways to explore the unknowns of discovery in both scientific and societal contexts. The tools are designed to support researchers, practitioners, and communities in navigating uncertainty by building anticipatory capacities for post-detection futures.

'''[[Post-Detection Toolkit]]'''

Contributors

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* List of contributors to this wiki over time

[https://seti.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk SETI Post-Detection Hub]

Contribute/Translate

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'''The SETI post-detection wiki welcomes translation!
'''

This wiki builds on community knowledge practices developed by [https://wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia], including the model outlined on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation Wikipedia:Translation].

In the spirit of Wikimedia and commons knowledge-sharing practices, you are encouraged to translate any page into your language. Please retain a note about the original source and link back to the original page. If your translation adds new insight or local context, please annotate and adapt (described below).

=== Translation Guide ===

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'''How to Translate a Page'''

* '''Create a new page.''' Use the same title, but with a language prefix at the start of the page.

For example:
* French: `fr:Contribute/Translate`
* Japanese: `ja:Contribute/Translate`
* Indonesian: `id:Contribute/Translate`

See the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes list of ISO 639-1 language codes] that MediaWiki uses for language prefixes.

* '''Add a notice at the top''' of the new translation page and link back to the original page.

For example:

<pre>
<nowiki>
This is a translation of [[Contribute/Translate]] from English to French.
</nowiki>
</pre>

* '''Translate the page''' using clear, consistent terms.

* '''Annotate if needed''' to reflect cultural or linguistic context.

For instance, if a term carries a different meaning in your region, or your language shifts the concept in translation, feel free to '''add a footnote''', or include a '''short translator’s note''' to briefly explain the nuance.

* '''At the bottom of the page''', add this tag to include it in the translation category:

<pre>
<nowiki>
[[Category:Translated Pages]]
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Thanks for helping make this wiki more accessible. ⚡️

If you translate pages, you can add your name to the list of [[Contributors]].

Contribute

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== Contribute ==

This wiki is a collaborative space for references, material and information on evidence-based approaches to SETI post-detection, including outer space studies and futures work.

Help for contributors can be found below, or at the individual contribute pages:
* [[Contribute/Start Editing|Start Editing]]
* [[Contribute/Add References|Add references to the Bibliography]]
* [[Contribute/Translate|Translate this wiki]]
* [[Contribute/Style Guide|Style and formatting guide]]
* [[Contribute/FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]

==Contribute:Get Started==
=== Start Editing ===
{{:Contribute/Start_Editing}}

==Contribute:Bibliographic References==
=== Add a Reference ===
{{:Contribute/Add_References}}

==Contribute:Translate ==
=== Translate This Wiki ===
{{:Contribute/Translate}}

== Contribute:Frequently Asked Questions ==
=== FAQ and Contributor Help ===
{{:Contribute/FAQ}}

Bibliography

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'''Shared Bibliography'''

* [[Post Detection Strategy and SETI Protocols]]
* [[Technosignatures and AI]]
* [[Scenarios: Imagination, Futures, Anticipation, Readiness]]
* [[Anthropology, Social Sciences and Outer Space Studies]]
* [[SETI History & Contemporary Xenology]]
* Perception of ETI, Publics, Media strategies and Misinformation inc. learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic
* Law, Governance, Policy, Ethics
* [[Al & Data, Governance and Protocols]]
* [[Indigenous Knowledge]]
* Environmental Humanities and Ecological Thinking
* Animals - Embodied and Interspecies Perspectives
* Economic Forecasting
* Signal Analysis: Internet, Networks, Infomation
* Climate, Disaster Studies and Eco-Social Transformations
* Affect, Psychology and Neuroscience
* [[Fictions: Literature and Storytelling]]
* Speculative Design and Art Science
* Games, Tabletop & LARPs
* Film
* Music
* Art History and Archaeologies
* Semiotics
* Comparative Religions and Belief Systems
* [[Research Community Practices and Institutional Transformations]]

[[HowToAddReferences]]

== How to Contribute ==
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Guides for contributors can be found here:
* [[Contribute/Start Editing|Start Editing: with or without user account]]
* [[Contribute/Add References|Add references to the Bibliography]]
* [[Contribute/Translate|Translate this wiki]]
* [[Contribute/Style Guide|Style and formatting guide]]
* [[Contribute/FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]

If you make contributions, you can add your name to the list of [[Contributors]].
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Acknowledgements

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'''Dedication'''

This community resource is dedicated to [https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/magazine/features/searching-for-extra-terrestrial-life Bart Wlodarczyk-Sroka], a SETI researcher, and one of the younger members of the UKSRN, who sadly passed in 2022.

'''Acknowledgement and Origins
'''

This work charts the beginning of a Post-Detection addition to the SETI Primer ed. Michael Oman Reagan et al., with the foundation of Kathryn Denning’s collected Post-Detection bibliography, and the SETI Post-Detection Hub collaborative working groups coordinated by John Elliott.

This Wiki work is an invitation to grow connected, transdisciplinary post-detection research cultures that continue from earlier scholarship on Post-Detection SETI, and build on the energy and work of Post-Detection work at the St Andrews Hub, and over the last years at the UKSRN Annual Meetings, PSETI Symposium, and diverse workshops, events and initiatives that brought people together to collaborate on research, share creative insight, and expand approaches to post-detection. We remain committed to properly acknowledging the foundational work of key researchers who created the field.

'''Emergent Co-Creation
'''

The bibliography is open for edits and interested researchers are encouraged to contribute to the bibliography to grow a diverse, extensive collection of entangled resources.

Technically, the Wiki has been created through the Hub’s Emerging Practices Working Group with the aim of crowdsourcing an update for the SETI Primer with a section on Post-Detection. While our focus has been on developing a new Post-Detection section, we warmly invite contributions from across the broader SETI ecologies. This is not limited to members of the Hub; we encourage all interested parties to engage deeply with shared wiki culture towards cultivating an intergenerational research resource across disciplines, cultures and Place.

The bibliography is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license commonly used for wikis which allows content to be freely shared and adapted, as long as appropriate credit is given to the original authors. The CC BY 4.0 license ensures the wiki can be a true commons resource for the entire community open to co-editing.

'''Future'''

In the future we hope to refine and verify the bibliography to ensure accuracy, diversity, and simplifying navigation and organisation, towards the goal of integrating fresh sections for the SETI Primer on post-detection and scenarios. However, the project's future development will depend on how this co-created initiative evolves, and the guidance and wishes of the authors and stewards of the SETI Primer. The aspiration to update and expand the Primer is a creative goal shared across many in the SETI research community and we hope that the wiki effort can encourage this mission of sharing resources across groups and communities.

'''Inspiration'''

In creating this Wiki, we have drawn inspiration from other Wiki communities that demonstrate the power of collaborative knowledge-sharing. We share links to these here, with thanks!

Collapsible Wiki - https://wiki.collapsible.systems

Data Physicalization Wiki - http://dataphys.org/wiki

HowToAddReferences

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'''Contribute a Reference'''

You can add references in the [[Bibliography]] in two ways: one simple and one more advanced.

Please choose the method that works best for you.

'''➤ Option A: Simple Contribution'''

This workflow adds a reference directly in the theme page (without BibTeX)

Click and scroll in any of the Bibliography pages and:
* Add your reference under the correct letter in the alphabetical list.

Please use this format:

<pre>
<nowiki>
AuthorLast, First. Year. "Title." ''Journal or Source''. Date. [Link]
</nowiki>
</pre>

'''➤ Option B: Structured Entry (More advanced users (includes BibTeX)'''

This workflow creates a unique reference page with the useful addition of BibTeX.

1. Create a new unique page for the reference:

<pre>
<nowiki>Bibliography/References/Lastname_Year_Title</nowiki>
</pre>

2. Use this template:

<pre>
== Title ==
'''Author.''' Year. [Link] ''Journal or Source''. Date.

''Themes:'' [[Category:YourTheme1]], [[Category:YourTheme2]]

=== BibTeX ===
<pre>
@article{LastnameYearTitle,
author = {First Last},
title = {Title},
journal = {Journal},
year = {Year},
url = {Link}
}
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3. Do not write the reference into the Bibliography theme page directly. Please add the reference to the unique page instead using this format:

<pre>
<nowiki>{{:Bibliography/References/Lastname_Year_Title}}</nowiki>
</pre>

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Many thanks ⚡️

If you add references to the list, you can add your name to the list of [[Contributors]].

Fictions: Literature and Storytelling

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== Contact Fictions ==

A collection of contact fictions in multiple languages, opening up imaginaries of life beyond earth, and global interest in SETI and the extraterrestrial.

== Lists and Anthologies ==

'''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280731468_An_Annotated_Index_of_Good_Science_Fiction_with_SETI_and_Life_in_the_Universe_Themes An Annotated Index of Good Science Fiction with SETI and Life in the Universe Themes]''' Compiled by Andrew Fraknoi
* “This report provides annotated listings of science fiction stories and novels that concern the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence or the discovery of other life-forms in the universe. It can be used in courses on astronomy where students have an interest in science fiction or want to do a paper on astronomically reasonable fiction, as well as in courses on science fiction and its relationship to science.”
''Note:'' “This brief list is excerpted from a web resource [Fraknoi’s topical list below] keeping track of science fiction stories or novels that are based on good science or reasonable extrapolation.” [http://michaelomanreagan.net/ Michael Oman Reagan]

'''[https://astrosociety.org/education-outreach/programs.html Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy & Physics: A Topical Index]''' Compiled by Andrew Fraknoi
* “This is a selective list of some short stories and novels that use more or less accurate science and can be used for teaching or reinforcing astronomy or physics concepts. I include both traditional “science-fiction” and (occasionally) more serious fiction that derives meaning or plot from astronomy or physics ideas. The titles of short stories are given in quotation marks; only short stories that have been published in book form or are available free on the Web are included. While one book source is given for each short story, note that some of the stories can be found in other collections as well.” [http://michaelomanreagan.net/ Michael Oman Reagan]

'''[https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/walking-the-clouds Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction.]''' Edited by Grace L. Dillon, 2012. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
* “In this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction, Grace Dillon collects some of the finest examples of the craft with contributions by Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, and New Zealand Maori authors… Dillon's engaging introduction situates the pieces in the larger context of science fiction and its conventions.” [http://michaelomanreagan.net/ Michael Oman Reagan]*

'''[https://digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk/voyager Voyager at 50]'''
* "This exhibition explores how the genre has imagined potential problems of communicating with aliens, using items from the University of Liverpool’s Science Fiction Collections. It is inspired by the Voyager missions in 1977, which will mark their 50th anniversary in 2027."

== SETI and Science Fiction Scholarship ==

'''Baxter, S.'''
*Imagining the Alien: The Portrayal of Extraterrestrial Intelligence and SETI in Science Fiction*, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 62 pp131-138, 2009. Adapted for ''Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: SETI Past, Present and Future'' ed. HP Shuch, Springer, 2011.

'''[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55c251dfe4b0ad74ccf25537/t/5ae22200575d1fefa564b3d9/1524769280413/Indigenous+Science+%28Fiction%29+for+the+Anthropocene+Academia+Draft+2.pdf Whyte, Kyle.]'''
*“Indigenous (Science) Fiction for the Anthropocene: Ancestral Dystopias and Fantasies of Climate Change Crises.”* Draft. Last accessed May 17, 2018.

'''[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pIffmoUX3edgYGnsVz61Tc_DwTs3pe4-/edit Lempert, W.]'''

'''2018'''
“Indigenous Media Futures: An Introduction.” Cultural Anthropology 33(2):173-179.

'''2018'''
“Generative Hope in the Postapocalyptic Present.” Cultural Anthropology 33(2):202-212. Republished in 2020 within a special issue on “Hope” in Open Anthropology 8(2).

'''2014'''
“Decolonizing Encounters of the Third Kind: Alternative Futuring in Native Science Fiction Film.” Visual Anthropology Review 30(2):164-176.

'''2012'''
“Telling Their Own Stories: Indigenous Film as Critical Identity Discourse.” The Applied Anthropologist 32(1):23-32.

=== Chinese Language (Mandarin) ===

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! Year !! Title !! Author !! Type !! Context !! Translation Details !! Meta Tags !! Files & media
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| 2005 || 吞食者 "The Devourer" || 王晋康 (Wang Jinkang) || Novel || Humanity encounters an alien species that consumes planetary resources. || Translated to English by Ken Liu (2014) || Adversarial aliens, Ecological disaster, Survival ||
|-
| 2008 || 《三体》"The Three-Body Problem" || 刘慈欣 (Liu Cixin) || Novel || Earth makes contact with an alien civilization (Trisolarans) that may pose a threat. || Translated to English by Ken Liu (2014); Translated to Spanish by Javier Altayó and Jianguo Li (2016); Translated to Japanese by Nozomi Ohmori (2010) || Adversarial alien visitation, Global geopolitical tensions ||
|-
| 2013 || 重生巨人 "The Reincarnated Giant" || 王晋康 (Wang Jinkang) || Novel || Aliens offer gifts that could advance humanity, but their intentions are uncertain. || Translated to English by Li Zhiqing (in ''The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Chinese Science Fiction'', 2018) || Global power dynamics, Potentially friendly aliens, Trust issues ||
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| 2015 || 三体X: 观想之宙 "The Three Body X: Aeon of Contention" || 宝树 (Baoshu) || Novel || Continuation of first contact with Trisolarans and new extraterrestrial challenges. || Translated to English by Ken Liu (unofficial, 2019); Translated to Spanish by Jorge Roberto Perez and Yinhe Wang (2018) || Adversarial aliens, Philosophical depth, Trust and conflict ||
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=== English Language ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Publication Type !! Context !! Translation Details !! Meta Tags !! Files & media
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| 1666 || "The Blazing World" || Margaret Cavendish || Novel || A female traveller finds and describes a parallel world reached via the North Pole || || Utopia, First Contact, Philosophy ||
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| 1898 || "The War of the Worlds" || H.G. Wells || Novel || Humanity's first contact with Martian invaders leads to a terrifying war. || || Alien war, First contact, Human survival, Martian invasion ||
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| 1951 || "The Day of the Triffids" || John Wyndham || Novel || Humanity struggles against sentient, hostile plant species after a meteor shower. || || First contact, Hostile plants, Human survival, Post-apocalyptic ||
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| 1953 || "Childhood's End" || Arthur C. Clarke || Novel || Peaceful alien invasion leads to humanity's evolution into a higher existence. || || Existential dread, Human evolution, Peaceful invasion, Utopia ||
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| 1954 || "The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet" || Eleanor Cameron || Novel || Two boys from California build a spaceship and travel to a pale green planet. || || First contact, Crisis, Scientific Discovery ||
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| 1959 || "The Sirens of Titan" || Kurt Vonnegut || Novel || Aliens manipulate humanity for their own ends, exploring existentialism and free will. || || Alien manipulation, Existentialism, Free will, Satire ||
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| 1961 || "Solaris" || Stanislaw Lem || Novel || Humans attempt to communicate with an alien intelligence manifesting as a living ocean. || Translated from Polish || Alien intelligence, Communication, Living ocean, Mystery ||
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| 1969 || "The Andromeda Strain" || Michael Crichton || Novel || A deadly extraterrestrial microorganism threatens humanity's survival. || || Biological threat, Extraterrestrial microorganism, Scientific response, Thriller ||
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| 1969 || "The Left Hand of Darkness" || Ursula K. Le Guin || Novel || A human envoy interacts with an androgynous society on a distant planet. || || Androgyny, Cultural exchange, First contact, Gender ||
|-
| 1972 || "The Gods Themselves" || Isaac Asimov || Novel || Humanity contacts beings from a parallel universe, causing scientific and existential crises. || || Alien intelligence, Crisis, Parallel universe, Scientific discovery ||
|-
| 1973 || "Rendezvous with Rama" || Arthur C. Clarke || Novel || A giant alien spacecraft enters the solar system, and humans investigate. || || Alien spacecraft, Exploration, Mystery ||
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| 1974 || "The Mote in God's Eye" || Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle || Novel || First contact with a highly intelligent, expansionist alien species. || || Adversarial aliens, Expansionism, Intelligence ||
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| 1974 || "The Dispossessed" || Ursula K. Le Guin || Novel || Physicist from an anarchist society explores the paradoxical complexities of architecting societies for the better. || Originally in English for New York: HarperCollins; translations available in Spanish, French, German, and Japanese || Anarchism, Existential Philosophy, Interplanetary Relations, Political, Utopia ||
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| 1980 || "Dragon's Egg" || Robert L. Forward || Novel || Humans contact intelligent life on a neutron star. || || Alien life, Contact, Neutron star ||
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| 1982 || "The Minervan Experiment" || James P. Hogan || Novel || Scientists discover evidence of an ancient alien civilization on Minerva. || || Ancient aliens, Archaeology, Discovery ||
|-
| 1985 || "Footfall" || Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle || Novel || Invasion of Earth by elephant-like aliens with advanced technology. || || Adversarial aliens, Human survival, Invasion ||
|-
| 1985 || "Rocheworld" || Robert L. Forward || Novel || Exploration of a double planet and first contact with an alien species. || || Double planet, Exploration, Friendly aliens ||
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| 1985 || "Ender's Game" || Orson Scott Card || Novel || A young genius is trained to combat an alien insectoid race. || || Adversarial aliens, Insectoid, Military training ||
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| 1986 || "Stanislaw Lem's Fiasco" || Stanislaw Lem || Novel || Establishment of contact and communication with a mysterious alien planet. || Translated from Polish || Alien planet, Communication, Mysterious ||
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| 1986 || "Eifelheim" || Michael Flynn || Novel || Medieval villagers encounter stranded alien visitors and attempt communication. || || Communication, Friendly aliens, Medieval ||
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| 1987 || "The Uplift Series" || David Brin || Novel || Humans uplift animals to sentience and encounter ancient galactic civilizations. || || Friendly aliens, Galactic civilizations, Uplift ||
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| 1987 || "The Visitors" || Clifford D. Simak || Novel || Mysterious visitors arrive on Earth, sparking curiosity and fear. || || Arrival, Curiosity, Mysterious aliens ||
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| 1987 || "The Forge of God" || Greg Bear || Novel || Humanity faces benevolent and malevolent aliens leading to Earth's destruction. || || Benevolent aliens, Earth destruction, Human survival, Malevolent aliens ||
|-
| 1987-89 || "Xenogenesis" (Three books: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago. Published as Lilith's Brood in 2000.) || Octavia Butler || Novel Series || Humans must adapt to life with an alien species that seeks to merge with them. || || Adaptation, Adversarial aliens, Genetic hybridization, Human survival ||
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| 1988 || "Contact" || Carl Sagan || Novel || Humanity receives a message from space and builds a machine to meet aliens. || || Communication, First contact, Message from space ||
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| 1991 || "The White Queen" || Gwyneth Jones || Novel || Alien invasion that leads to a complex political and cultural exchange. || || Alien invasion, Cultural exchange, Political ||
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| 1993 || "Parable of the Sower" || Octavia Butler || Novel || Dystopian future where a young woman leads a new religious movement. || Originally in English and published by New York: Four Walls Eight Windows; translations available in Spanish, French, and German || Collapse, Dystopian future, Human survival, Religion ||
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| 1996 || "The Sparrow" || Mary Doria Russell || Novel || A Jesuit missionary leads an expedition to an alien planet, with tragic results. || || Alien planet, Jesuit missionary, Tragedy ||
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| 2000 || "A Hymn Before Battle" || John Ringo || Novel || Invasion of Earth by the Posleen, a warlike alien species. || || Adversarial aliens, Invasion, Military ||
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| 2000 || "Weyland's Principia" || David Garfinkle || Novel || A mathematician encounters an alien intelligence through abstract mathematical concepts. || || Abstract, Alien intelligence, Mathematics ||
|-
| 2002-8 || "Y: The Last Man" || Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra || Graphic Novel || Post-apocalyptic world with last surviving man after a mysterious plague; includes first contact with extraterrestrial beings and their influence on Earth's population. || Originally in English; translations in multiple languages, including Spanish and French || Extraterrestrial influence, Gender, Human survival, Post-apocalyptic ||
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| 2005 || "Agent to the Stars" || John Scalzi || Novel || A Hollywood agent is hired to introduce a friendly alien species to humanity. || || Comic treatment, Friendly aliens, Introduction ||
|-
| 2006 || "Blindsight" || Peter Watts || Novel || A crew investigates an alien signal and encounters a non-sentient alien species. || || Alien signal, Investigation, Non-sentient aliens ||
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| 2010 || "Gravity's Whispers" || Gregory Benford || Short Story || Nature 466 (July): 406. https://doi.org/10.1038/466406a || || ||
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| 2011 || "Anomaly" || Peter Cawdron || Novel || First contact with an alien species hidden on Earth, exploring human-alien interactions. || || Alien interactions, Complexity, First contact ||
|-
| 2013 || "Fire with Fire" || Charles E. Gannon || Novel || First contact with an alien species leads to geopolitical intrigue and conflict. || || Conflict, First contact, Geopolitical ||
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| 2015 || "Children of Time" || Adrian Tchaikovsky || Novel || Humans encounter a civilization of uplifted spiders on a distant planet. || || Alien civilization, Distant planet, Uplifted species ||
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| 2018-2020 || "The Semiosis Trilogy" || Sue Burke || Novel || Multi-generational exploration of sentience, focusing on alien plant life. || || Alien plants, Generational, Sentience ||
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| 2017 || "Luna" || Ian McDonald || Novel || Moon colonisation narrative with elements of first contact within a futuristic, multicultural society. || || Lunar Colonisation, Multi-cultural Futures ||
|-
| 2021 || "A Desolation Called Peace" || Arkady Martine || Novel || Humans must negotiate with an incomprehensible alien species to avoid war. || || Avoid war, Incomprehensible aliens, Negotiation ||
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| 2021 || "Project Hail Mary" || Andy Weir || Novel || A lone astronaut must cooperate with an alien to save their planets. || || Astronaut, Cooperative aliens, Planetary crisis ||
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=== French Language ===

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| 1872 || "Lumen" || Camille Flammarion || Novella || Philosophical narrative with a female protagonist encountering extraterrestrial beings, exploring reincarnation and cosmic consciousness. || Translated into English and other languages. || Cosmic Mystery, First contact, Reincarnation ||
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| 1888 || "Les Xipéhuz" || J.-H. Rosny aîné || Novella || French society battles intelligent non-organic life forms, the Xipéhuz, sentient crystals. || Translated into English and Spanish. || Adversarial aliens, Early Speculative Fiction, Human-Alien Conflict, Non-organic ET, Sentient Crystal ||
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| 1908 || "La Mort de la Terre" || J.-H. Rosny aîné || Novel || The last remnants of humanity face extinction as they encounter the Ferromagnets, a new life form. || Translated into English. || Collapse, Dystopian future, Extinction, Non-organic ET ||
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| 1957 || "Le Péril Bleu" || Maurice Renard || Novel || Humans encounter invisible alien beings living in the Earth's atmosphere. || Translated into English as "The Blue Peril." || Atmospheric Life, First contact, Invisible ET ||
|-
| 1972 || "L'Enigme de l'Univers" || Jean-Pierre Andrevon || Novel || A scientist discovers a mysterious alien artifact that changes humanity's understanding of the universe. || || Cosmic Mystery, Extraterrestrial Artefact, Science Fiction ||
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| 1974 || "Les Dents du Requin" || Henri Vernes || Bande Dessinée || Bob Morane faces an alien threat as strange phenomena plague the world. || Translated into multiple languages, including Dutch and Portuguese. || Alien invasion, Human-Alien Conflict ||
|-
| 1975 || "Métal Hurlant" Magazine || Various Authors || Magazine || Humans encounter an ancient extraterrestrial artifact that holds the key to advanced technology. || Some stories translated into English. || First contact, Science Fiction ||
|-
| 1978 || "Mutante" || Louise-Renée de L'Homme || || Protagonist encounters alien life forms that challenge her identity and societal norms. || || Alien life, Feminist, First contact, Gender ||
|-
| 1981 || "Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius" || Moebius (Jean Giraud) || Bande Dessinée || Surreal universe where first contact with alien beings occurs amidst a series of strange and unpredictable events. || Published in French in Heavy Metal magazine over a period of four years from 1976 to 1980, and then bound in a book. || Mystery, Surreal ||
|-
| 1992 || "La Nuit des Temps" || René Barjavel || Novel || A group of adventurers in a post-apocalyptic world seeks to discover the origin of mysterious alien winds. || Translated into English as "The Ice People." || First contact, Lost civilisation, Time Travel ||
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| 1997 || "Carmen Mc Callum" || Fred Duval and Gess || Bande Dessinée || A futuristic bounty hunter encounters aliens and advanced technologies. || Translated into multiple languages. || Alien Technologies, Cyberpunk, Technological Advancement ||
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| 2008 || "La Horde du Contrevent" || Alain Damasio || Novel || Scientists discover a lost civilization and make contact with a survivor from 900,000 years ago. || Translated into English as "The Windwalkers." || Post-apocalyptic ||
|-
| 2011 || "Souviens-toi d'Hyères" || Bernard Werber || Novel || Anthology of science fiction stories, often involving first contact scenarios. || || Extraterrestrial Artefact, Human evolution, Technological Advancement ||
|-
| 2012 || "La Verte" || Marie Desplechin || Novel || A young girl with magical abilities connects with beings from another dimension. || || Feminist, First contact, Magic, Otherworldly Beings ||
|-
| 2015 || "Demain les chats" || Bernard Werber || Novel || More-than-human novel featuring a telepathic cat who communicates with extraterrestrial beings. || || Alien intelligence, Animal Communication, More-than-Human ||
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=== German Language ===

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| style="vertical-align: top;" | 1897 || style="vertical-align: top;" | "Auf zwei Planeten" ("Two Planets") || style="vertical-align: top;" | Kurd Laßwitz || style="vertical-align: top;" | Novel || style="vertical-align: top;" | Humanity establishes contact with a technologically advanced Martian civilization, leading to cooperation and conflict; regarded as a foundational German science fiction novel. || style="vertical-align: top;" | English translation by Hans H. Rudnick, 1971. The English edition is abridged, with about 40% of the original text cut. || style="vertical-align: top;" | First contact, Martian civilization, Cooperation, Conflict, Classic SF ||
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | 1961 || style="vertical-align: top;" | "Unternehmen Stardust" ("Operation Stardust", Perry Rhodan Series Vol. 1) || style="vertical-align: top;" | Karl-Herbert Scheer & Walter Ernsting (series concept); later continued by multiple authors || style="vertical-align: top;" | Pulp novel series || style="vertical-align: top;" | First contact with the stranded alien race of the Arkonides on the far side of the Moon; triggers humanity’s entry into galactic politics and encounters with many extraterrestrial civilizations. || style="vertical-align: top;" | Translated into English (as "Enterprise Stardust" / "Operation Stardust"), French, Japanese and several other languages. || style="vertical-align: top;" | First contact, Alien species, Galactic empire, Expansion, Long-running serial fiction ||
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| style="vertical-align: top;" | 2015 || style="vertical-align: top;" | "Paradox: Am Abgrund der Ewigkeit" ("Paradox: On the Brink of Eternity") || style="vertical-align: top;" | Phillip P. Peterson || style="vertical-align: top;" | Novel || style="vertical-align: top;" | Humanity encounters alien megastructures and signals that warn of cosmic threats; first contact elements framed as a cautionary scenario. || style="vertical-align: top;" | Translated to English by Laura Radosh (2017). || style="vertical-align: top;" | First contact, Cosmic warning, Extraterrestrial probes, Humanity under threat ||
|}

=== Orcadian Scots Language ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Publication Type !! Context !! Translation Details !! Meta Tags !! Files & media
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| 2021 || "Deep Wheel Orcadia" || Harry Josephine Giles || Novel in Verse || A visitor from Mars arrives on a space station. || Bilingual text in Orcadian and Scots || First Contact, Human survival ||
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=== Spanish Language ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Publication Type !! Context !! Translation Details !! Meta Tags !! Files & media
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| 1957-1959 (serialized) || "El Eternauta" || Héctor Germán Oesterheld (Argentine) || Graphic Novel || A group of survivors in Buenos Aires confronts an alien invasion after making first contact with extraterrestrial beings. || The work has been translated into several languages, including English ("The Eternaut"). || Alien invasion, Buenos Aires, Dystopian future, First contact, Human survival ||
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| 1998 || "Ánima Mundi" || Susana Vallejo || Novel || Struggle with an alien force that threatens human autonomy. || || Alien manipulation, Feminism, First contact, Human survival ||
|-
| 2010 || "The Silence of the Chakras" || Carmen Naranjo || Novel || A first contact scenario with an alien race that communicates through energy fields. || || Energy Communication, First contact, Mysticism ||
|-
| 2001 || "La Llamada de la Luna" || Elia Barceló || Novel || Female protagonist experiences contact with an alien entity that challenges her understanding of reality. || || Feminism, First contact, Ontologies, Other Worldly Beings, Reality ||
|}

=== Ukrainian Language ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Publication Type !! Context !! Translation Details !! Meta Tags !! Files & media
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| 2021 || "Victor_Robot Diary of a Planet Collector" || Anastasia Lavrenishyna || YA Novel || A boy in the future designs an artificial planetary system and robot mechanic || Ukrainian. || First Contact, Exoplanets ||
|}

=== Wordless ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Publication Type !! Context !! Translation Details !! Meta Tags !! Files & media
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| 1976 || "Arzach" || Moebius (Jean Giraud) || Bande Dessinée || A silent narrative following a lone warrior encountering strange, alien creatures. Largely wordless. || Originally French publisher; Published in multiple languages. || ET encounter, Science Fiction, Surreal, Wordless ||
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== Transcultural Science Fiction Scholarship ==

Conflicting Times. [https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1764466/FULLTEXT01.pdf Multiple Temporalities in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction] by Mo Welin, E. Erik. Ph. D. Dissertation, Uppsala Universitet, 2023.

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'''Content of this wiki'''

* [[Bibliography]] – Builds on the collective work of the SETI Post-Detection Hub, inviting collaborative contributions to grow a rich interdisciplinary collection on SETI Post-Detection, to develop a Post-Detection section for Oman-Reagan et al's [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vd5llZrXOjKZSKZi9-_LWRERvKO4fQh59zPiRcXkJ3s/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.iijse61diydu SETI Primer]
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* [[Glossary]] – Terminology related to SETI and post-detection
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* [[Multimedia Archive]] – videos, press, interviews, and various media on SETI post-detection
* Imaginarium – creative archive, including various forms of art, films, books, and creative scenarios exploring SETI post-detection, also available in gallery view
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<p>As <b>SETI</b> (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence) and technosignature detection rapidly advance in the 2020s, fresh efforts are underway to explore what events and processes may unfold during and after a confirmed detection. <b>SETI post-detection research</b> is vital for engaging with the societal, ethical, and philosophical dimensions of a discovery of extraterrestrial life. Transdisciplinary, evidence-based research approaches can take up the task of preparing for the speculative societal, legal, ecological, and scientific challenges that may arise, while developing protocol, emergent strategies and imaginative frameworks to meet the unknown.</p>

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'''SETI post-detection community wiki'''

This wiki is a collectively edited resource for research communities working on, learning about, and sharing evidence-based post-detection research. We welcome contributions on SETI post-detection, links to research groups and networks, and reading materials across disciplines, including the natural and social sciences, governance and law, philosophy and ethics, futures studies, anthropology and communication, disaster studies, technology and art-science. '''

The purpose of the resource is to celebrate foundational post-detection efforts, along with new approaches to uncertain questions and outer space studies in the present day, connecting dots and aiding more joined up responsive thinking on post-detection.

The [[Bibliography|shared bibliography]] is a collective reading list that aims to grow a rich section on SETI Post-Detection for Oman-Reagan et al's [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vd5llZrXOjKZSKZi9-_LWRERvKO4fQh59zPiRcXkJ3s/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.iijse61diydu SETI Primer]. It is is also a living archive intended to widen access. The wiki is open and in process, reflecting the collaborative spirit of a wiki itself. Though the SETI Post-Detection Hub is based in Scotland, this wiki is a planetary resource, committed to including research, networks and perspectives from regions often underrepresented in the Academy, such as the Global South.

As the wiki is emerging, and not meant to be fixed or definitive, there are gaps and many potentials. '''Missing something?''' You are warmly invited to add to it: please share your references with the community. You can '''help this wiki grow''' by adding references directly in individual [[Bibliography|bibliography]] pages, or adding new pages or adding references with their own BibTeX by following Step 2 in the [[HowToAddReferences|contribution guide]].

== Getting started ==
'''[[Contribute|Contribute]]'''

* How to contribute to this wiki on SETI post-detection

'''[[Contribute/Translate|Translate]]'''

* The work begins in English, with the aim of translating into other languages as translators become available, to support a multilingual and international resource.

'''[[Contributors|Contributors]]'''

* Credit and list of contributors to this wiki over time

'''[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents MediaWiki User's Guide]'''

* Consult for general information on using wiki software

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* [[SETIWeblinks|Useful SETI links]]

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'''The Toolkit guide .pdf is in its final edit stage.''' This resource will help guide contributions. If you would like more guidance about how to take part in the process at this point, or receive a notification when the Post-Detection Toolkit is open to edit, please send an email to: [mailto:postdetectionhub@gmail.com postdetectionhub@gmail.com]. Addresses are kept private and are not added to any other lists.
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= What is the Post-Detection Toolkit? =

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The Post-Detection Toolkit is a flexible framework for exploring future discoveries, designed to handle uncertainty and highlight the significance of context, governance, and international collaboration. The toolkit uses a four-scenario method (from Dator's futures methods) to intentionally maximise difference between plausible futures. By enabling work with divergent possibilities, including those beyond current expectations, it helps build collective capacities for response across varied publics and disciplines.
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The Toolkit grows out of the collective research efforts of the Scenarios Working Group at the [https://seti.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ SETI Post-Detection Hub] at the University of St Andrews, led by Dr. George Profitiliotis.

The work has involved extensive collaborative development across two phases to develop through a 15-month participatory futures process (2023–2025) that imagines various alternatives for the SETI ecosystem in 2050 and explores discovery and its aftermath.

The first phase used Miro for horizon scanning, identifying trends and uncertainties, and constructing four contrasting pre-detection scenarios. The second phase combined asynchronous work with activities during the inaugural [https://sites.google.com/view/pd-futures/home Post-Detection Futures] meeting (St Andrews, 2025), working to generate a set of detection situations that could be randomly combined for use in workshops or simulations.

The fully developed toolkit .PDF will provide practical resources, including scenarios, templates, and interactive methods, as well as guidance on how to adapt and use them. The structured resource combines '''[[Pre-detection Scenarios|pre-detection scenarios]]''' and a growing archive of '''[[Post-detection Situations|post-detection situations]]'''.

The Toolkit is designed like a recipe book that makes futures thinking accessible through storytelling, roleplay, and collaborative exercises. The resource lists ingredients, and to come to life it relies on facilitators and participants. By adapting and combining the Toolkit elements in context, communities can explore varied futures after a SETI detection, and consider how they might feel, act, and respond in unfamiliar or unprecedented situations.

== How to Use The Post-Detection Toolkit ==

* '''Explore''' pre-detection scenarios and post-detection situations, resources, and methods.
* '''Contribute''' new detection situations to grow the archive and introduce greater variety.
* '''Remix''' the Toolkit through digital or analogue means, adapting scenarios into games, tools, or experiences that enable communities to explore post-detection together.

== A Commons Resource ==

As a commons resource, the Toolkit is an evolving effort that grows with participant engagement and input from diverse perspectives. Collective input makes it possible to grow an archive that welcomes plural narratives, fictions, and histories reaching well beyond UK, USA, and European contexts.

The strength of the archive lies in plurality. The post-detection situations archive is a living, open-ended resource, and contributors are invited to add to it, drawing on science fiction, notable SETI false alarms, or imagination.

Not all pages are editable, but anyone can contribute to the open sections, critique, or adapt the materials. This is to support ongoing dialogue and that the resource remains robust and relevant across different communities.

Please see the [[Contributing Guidelines]] before adding your work.

== Public Outreach ==

For the wider public, the Toolkit serves as an accessible and creative way to understand possible futures in the context of scenarios of discovery in 2050.

* '''A Tool for Dialogue and Participation:''' Participants consider the ethical, social, and emotional dimensions of possible futures together, and discuss what values and actions might matter most in those contexts. The goal is to include communities in policy questions and issues, for futures shaped by diverse perspectives, not just experts.

* '''Transform to Engage:''' The work is offered to the research community for adaptation. Members of the Hub are working on translating the Toolkit into different formats, including an AI tool in a "choose your own adventure" type of narrative game, and a more analogue collective role-play workshop. The Toolkit has been used in workshops, public events, and community activities in Scotland, the USA, New Zealand, and Georgia, with upcoming sessions in Australia.

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'''Note:''' The first edition of the ''Post-Detection Toolkit'' was trialled in summer workshops.
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'''For Reference:'''

* Elliott et al. (2023). ''The SETI Post-Detection Hub: Preparing for Discovery.'' IAC-23,A4,2,2,x79324.
* Genevieve et al. (2024). ''Plurality in Post Detection Scenarios.'' 53rd International Astronautical Congress, Italy.
* Profitiliotis et al. (2025). ''SETI Post-Detection Toolkit 2050.'' (Upcoming).

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