Knowledge access and sharing through Cultural Astronomy in Uganda’s Refugee settlements Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/knowledge-access-and-sharing-through-cultural-astronomy-in-ugandas-refugee-settlements/ Astronomy for a better world! Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:10:04 +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 Knowledge access and sharing through Cultural Astronomy in Uganda’s Refugee settlements Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/knowledge-access-and-sharing-through-cultural-astronomy-in-ugandas-refugee-settlements/ 32 32 Project Aims to Preserve Cultural Astronomy of Refugees in Uganda https://astro4dev.org/project-aims-to-preserve-cultural-astronomy-of-refugees-in-uganda/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:51:42 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24896 The aim of this project is to gather indigenous cultural astronomy, such as local names of celestial bodies and their meanings in day to day lives, from the people at the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda. The project will catalogue and provide a formal structure for storing and sharing this knowledge. And it will [...]

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]]> Cultural Astronomy Study in Ugandan Refugee Settlements: Feasibility Report https://astro4dev.org/cultural-astronomy-study-in-ugandan-refugee-settlements-feasibility-report/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:56:43 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=23541 The “Knowledge Access and Sharing Through Cultural Astronomy” project has concluded its feasibility study on gathering indigenous astronomy knowledge from people at the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda. The Space Technology Agency in Uganda has received a grant from the OAD through the annual call for proposals. The grant was approved for its project [...]

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]]> Overview: Knowledge access and sharing through Cultural Astronomy in Uganda’s Refugee settlements and host communities. https://astro4dev.org/overview-knowledge-access-and-sharing-through-cultural-astronomy-in-ugandas-refugee-settlements-and-host-communities/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:23:44 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21971 This project is based on introducing Astronomy to refugee settlements through student activities, teacher training workshops, public engagements, webinars on Cultural Astronomy all of which will eventually be incorporated in a mobile Astronomy Lab for replication in other regions of Uganda. Project deliverables include; introduction of Astronomy in the general sciences education, a catalogue of [...]

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