cultural astronomy Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/cultural-astronomy/ Astronomy for a better world! Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:02:42 +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 cultural astronomy Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/cultural-astronomy/ 32 32 Improving Cultural Astronomy Education in Bolivia https://astro4dev.org/improving-cultural-astronomy-education-in-bolivia/ Thu, 25 May 2023 11:10:41 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=27817 The AstroEdu3D – Archeoastronomy Teaching Kit in Bolivia project developed teaching kits in Cultural Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the context of the Tiwanakota culture of Bolivia. The objective was to provide resources to educators and students interested in Astronomy and pre-Inca cultures of Bolivia to develop a class on Tiwanacota Archeoastronomy topic. The products of [...]

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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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]]> OruMbya – a library of silenced voices https://astro4dev.org/orumbya-library-of-silenced-voices/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:41:20 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26936 The post OruMbya – a library of silenced voices appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

]]> Astrostays Launches Cosmohub To Benefit Local Community https://astro4dev.org/astrostays-launches-cosmohub-to-benefit-local-community/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:44:05 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24970 The Astrostays project has launched a unique women-led astrotourism initiative in India called The Cosmohub. Operated by a local women’s group in a village in Ladakh in northern India, the Cosmohub provides a rich, immersive experience to tourists, combining local culture and the amazing dark skies of the Himalayas. The Cosmohub’s unique dark skies experience [...]

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]]> Tiwanakota Archaeoastronomy (Bolivia) Training Workshop by Astro3DBol https://astro4dev.org/tiwanakota-archaeoastronomy-bolivia-training-workshop-by-astro3dbol/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:11:11 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24926 The Astro3DBol project is developing educational kits for the teaching of cultural astronomy and archaeoastronomy in the context of the Tiwanakota culture of Bolivia. The project will target educators and those interested in astronomy and the pre-Inca cultures of Bolivia and help them develop a thematic class of Tiwanacota archaeoastronomy. The kits are being developed [...]

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]]> 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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]]> Knowledge access and sharing through Cultural Astronomy in Uganda’s Refugee settlements and host communities. https://astro4dev.org/knowledge-access-and-sharing-through-cultural-astronomy-in-ugandaaes-refugee-settlements-and-host-communities/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:22:20 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26158 The post Knowledge access and sharing through Cultural Astronomy in Uganda’s Refugee settlements and host communities. appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

]]> Under other skies: dialogues of different cosmological paradigms https://astro4dev.org/under-other-skies-dialogues-of-different-cosmological-paradigms/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:44:31 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=25287 The post Under other skies: dialogues of different cosmological paradigms appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

]]> OruMbya – Astronomy as fuel of life: the resilience of stars in Yoruba, Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Cosmogony https://astro4dev.org/orumbya-astronomy-as-fuel-of-life-the-resilience-of-stars-in-yoruba-afro-brazilian-and-indigenous-cosmogony/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 07:54:11 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=25153 The post OruMbya – Astronomy as fuel of life: the resilience of stars in Yoruba, Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Cosmogony appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

]]> LAMBA INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMY https://astro4dev.org/lamba-indigenous-astronomy/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 08:30:30 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=25702 The post LAMBA INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMY appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

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