Jane Davies | MSc Digital Anthropology, 3D printing, and humanity in Space | People of Science - a podcast by Alex G. Orphanos, Science Communicator

On this segment of People of Science we welcome Jane Davies to the podcast! Jane is a Masters of Science student researching the Digital Anthropology of 3D printing in Space. Luckily, this podcast is all about that cross-section of humanity and Jane reached out to us! It's been great to have participated in Jane's research and it's awesome to have made a friend through the internet! Jane shares her research, creative process, and insights as a Digital Anthropologist and we discuss humanity and the science around it. 

From NASA 3D printing the first wrench in space, to tracking down early Space Artifacts of Earth, the Moon and Mars, we discuss this incredible cross-section of additive manufacturing and human space travel. Jane shared her STEM origin story on how she started in Digital Anthropology at University College London, as well as her interest for a future career in the Space Industry.

All this and more on this episode of the podcast!

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00:00 - Intro to Jane Davies, Digital Anthropology, and the Anthropology of Space
02:09 - STEM Origin Story for Jane and Digital Anthropology
05:04 - we'll put it up on the screen here "are copenhagen and denmark the same thing?" - answer
04:00 - Academics, Advice for future college students
11:00 - Anthropology, Digital-Age Humans, and the study of humanity
14:50 - Anthropology of 3D Printing in space, COSS, Early Space Artifacts (16:05)
17:00 - Terraforming Lunar and Martian Soil, Anthropology of the first space seeds
18:30 - Moon Seeds for Anthropology (19:30 - The 6th Planet, Navajo), NASA's Veggie Lab, 3D Printing in Space (21min)
22:00 - Jane's Research on the first 3D printed objects in Space
23:15 - The 1st 3D printed wrench in Space (where is it?), What are 3D models?
24:30 - Research & Anthropology of Humans (26:20 Tom Bolstorf 2nd Life)
28:05 - Jane's Writing Process, Finding your Creative Method, & the torture of editing
30:10 - Alex's method of mindmapping, Jungian Personality Science (https://www.truity.com/blog/myers-briggs-vs-disc-mental-models-detailed-comparison)
33:04 - The Anthropology of the Metaverse, NFTs, and VR
37:10 - The 3D model of the space wrench Barry Whilmore
38:30 - The potential Environmental & societal impacts of Cryptocurrency
40:00 - What are Anthropologists like? Malinowski
41:40 - Archaeology vs Anthropology
42:30 - Social Skills in Science: Being Curious
44:30 - Takeaways from Jane's research on the first 3D printed part in space
54:00 - 3D printing opens up the individual to ALL the possibilities to make
57:10 - What's next for Jane? Opportunities for Human Science in Space, Tech

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