Astronomical outreach and education in marginalised and indigenous communities: astronomy as a tool for social development
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| author | Cortesi, Arianna Mignone, Claudia Brito, Alan Alves Moreira, Gracy Magnani, Claudia Moreira, Nilson Moreira, Guilherme Romeiro, Roberto Victor, Andrè Lourenço, Maria Clara Herdinger Travasso, Gabriela Rufino Gomes, Ana Anástacio, Lorena |
| author_facet | Cortesi, Arianna Mignone, Claudia Brito, Alan Alves Moreira, Gracy Magnani, Claudia Moreira, Nilson Moreira, Guilherme Romeiro, Roberto Victor, Andrè Lourenço, Maria Clara Herdinger Travasso, Gabriela Rufino Gomes, Ana Anástacio, Lorena |
| contents | The way we look at the sky is connected to the cosmological paradigm embraced by the society we live in. On the other hand, several astronomical concepts reinforce the idea of a common humanity. Yet, scientific outreach is frequenty reaching out only to a specific part of the world population, often excluding people living in extreme social vulnerability, victims of violence and prejudice, fighting for their lives and for the right of living according to their traditions. We present two outreach projects, developed in Brazil, funded by the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), i.e. 'Under Other Skies' and 'OruMbya', which tackle the importance of ethno-astronomy, and the collaboration with leaders and cultural agents of marginalised communities. We also describe an educational project born in the favela of Cantagalo Pavão Pavaãzinho (PPG), in Rio de Janeiro, during the COVID19 pandemic, which started a collaboration with local educators and artists to offer classes of astronomy and English language to children in the favela |
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| spellingShingle | Astronomical outreach and education in marginalised and indigenous communities: astronomy as a tool for social development Cortesi, Arianna Mignone, Claudia Brito, Alan Alves Moreira, Gracy Magnani, Claudia Moreira, Nilson Moreira, Guilherme Romeiro, Roberto Victor, Andrè Lourenço, Maria Clara Herdinger Travasso, Gabriela Rufino Gomes, Ana Anástacio, Lorena Physics and Society Astrophysics of Galaxies Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Physics Education The way we look at the sky is connected to the cosmological paradigm embraced by the society we live in. On the other hand, several astronomical concepts reinforce the idea of a common humanity. Yet, scientific outreach is frequenty reaching out only to a specific part of the world population, often excluding people living in extreme social vulnerability, victims of violence and prejudice, fighting for their lives and for the right of living according to their traditions. We present two outreach projects, developed in Brazil, funded by the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), i.e. 'Under Other Skies' and 'OruMbya', which tackle the importance of ethno-astronomy, and the collaboration with leaders and cultural agents of marginalised communities. We also describe an educational project born in the favela of Cantagalo Pavão Pavaãzinho (PPG), in Rio de Janeiro, during the COVID19 pandemic, which started a collaboration with local educators and artists to offer classes of astronomy and English language to children in the favela |
| title | Astronomical outreach and education in marginalised and indigenous communities: astronomy as a tool for social development |
| topic | Physics and Society Astrophysics of Galaxies Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Physics Education |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00808 |