OruMbya - a library of silenced voices - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-4-addressing-inequality/orumbya-a-library-of-silenced-voices/ Astronomy for a better world! Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:59:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg OruMbya - a library of silenced voices - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-4-addressing-inequality/orumbya-a-library-of-silenced-voices/ 32 32 Decolonising School Education in Brazil Through Astronomy https://astro4dev.org/decolonising-school-education-in-brazil-through-astronomy/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:59:20 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=29152 Although the majority of Brazil’s population is made up of black and female, there is still an under-representation of women, black, LGBTQIA+ and indigenous in science, especially in physics and astronomy. In collaboration with pedagogues and cultural agents of our universities (UFRGS and UFRJ), the Casa da Tia Ciata (Cultural Center) and public schools, the [...]

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]]> Astronomy and Literature to Strengthen Public School Education https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-and-literature-to-strengthen-public-school-education/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:41:19 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=28424 Although the majority of Brazil’s population is composed of black people and women, there is still an underrepresentation of women, black, LGBTQIA+ and indigenous people in the sciences, especially in Physics and Astronomy. In collaboration with pedagogues and cultural agents from our universities (UFRGS and UFRJ), Casa da Tia Ciata (Cultural Centre) and public schools, [...]

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]]> Overview: OruMbya – a library of silenced voices https://astro4dev.org/overview-orumbya-a-library-of-silenced-voices/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:51:55 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26613 Brazil is a complex country. Although the majority of Brazil’s population is composed of black people and women, there is still an underrepresentation of women, black, LGBTQIA+ and indigenous people in the sciences, especially in Physics and Astronomy. Our main goal is to strengthen primary and secondary education in science, through equity and equal opportunities [...]

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