Under other skies: dialogues of different cosmological paradigms Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/under-other-skies-dialogues-of-different-cosmological-paradigms/ Astronomy for a better world! Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Under other skies: dialogues of different cosmological paradigms Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/under-other-skies-dialogues-of-different-cosmological-paradigms/ 32 32 Astronomy as a Tool to Face COVID-19 Isolation in an Indigenous Village https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-as-a-tool-to-face-covid-19-isolation-in-an-indigenous-village/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:35:28 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24091 The “Under Other Skies” project is using astronomy as a tool to help face COVID-19 induced isolation in the indigenous village ‘Aldeia Verde’, in Mina Gerais, Brazil. It aims at bridging different visions of the Universe by collecting indigenous knowledge. The project’s main objective is to record, transcribe and translate unpublished songs about the sky [...]

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]]> Astronomy To Support the Indigenous Village of Aldeia Verde, Brazil https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-support-indigenous-village/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:04:21 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21920 The project team have published an article on the project, the impact of COVID-19, and its ‘rebirth’ in a virtual setting. Published in data-activism.net By Arianna Cortesi, Claudia Magnani, Roberto Romero, Paula C.P. Silva, Sueli Maxakali, Isael Maxakali, Ana Maria R. Gomes OtherSkies, an OAD/IAU-funded project, tackles these questions by collecting native narratives, chants, and [...]

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]]> Overview https://astro4dev.org/overview-32/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:26:43 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18971 This proposal focuses on ethno-astronomy, in particular on indigenous astronomy in Brazil. The project will be conducted in Aldeia Verde, a Maxakali Village in Minas Gerais, where the idea was born through the encounter of one of the astronomers and two cacique (leaders) of the community. The project involves the collaboration of indigenous researchers of [...]

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