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SETI and dreams: close encounters of other kind in The Mysterious Wall
- Authors: Sivkov D.1
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- Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
- Issue: Vol 34, No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 82-91
- Section: ARTICLES
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0869-5377/article/view/290431
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/0869-5377-2024-4-82-90
- ID: 290431
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Abstract
The Mysterious Wall film presents a contact between an alien civilization and earthlings. The heroes of the film try to interact with the “wall” using simple symbols of a universal language, which, as it seems to them, should be understandable to all sentient beings. However, aliens communicate with earthlings through dreams. The article presents an anthropological perspective on contact of a different degree with an alien civilization. Following Eduardo Kohn, we consider dreams as a unique means of communication between terrestrial and extraterrestrial actors.
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D. Sivkov
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
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Email: sivkov-dy@ranepa.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
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