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Virtual Seminar this Thursday â Alejandro Martin Lopez Presents on Cultural Astronomy
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Upcoming âAerospace Latin America: A Historyâ Seminars in September
Virtual Seminar this Thursday â Alejandro Martin Lopez Presents on Cultural Astronomy
âUnder an Entanglement of Skies: A Cultural Astronomy Approach to Our Relationship with the Cosmosâ
Alejandro Martin Lopez (Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, University of Buenos Aires)
Thursday, August 21 at 2:00 pm EDT / 1:00 pm CDT / 11:00 am PDT
As with all forms of human knowledge, our understanding of the sky is inherently situatedâthat is, it is produced and validated within specific spatial, temporal, social,
and cultural contexts. In this seminar, we will explore these themes based on 26 years of experience researching the astronomies of indigenous peoples in the Argentine Chaco and their interactions and conflicts with European-origin astronomies, the formal education
system, Christian missions, heritage management, academics and academic research facilities, and the art world. From this foundation, we aim to demonstrate how this interdisciplinary approach can offer fresh perspectives on the diversity of human relationships
with the sky, enabling us not only to deepen our understanding of the past and present but also to envision a more inclusive and thriving cosmic future.
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Upcoming âAerospace Latin America: A Historyâ Seminars in September
Donât miss the remaining seminars in the âAerospace Latin America: A Historyâ series. Add these links to your calendar for each Thursday in September at 2:00 pm EDT / 1:00 pm CDT / 11:00 am PDT.
SEPTEMBER 4
Brett A. Houk
(Texas Tech University, Lubbock) and
Amy E. Thompson (The University of Texas at Austin)
âLidar and Landscape Legacies in the Maya Lowlands: Insights from Belizeâ
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SEPTEMBER 11
Sebastián DÃaz Angel
(Postdoctoral Researcher, CLIMASAT project, Institut d'Història de la Ciència, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
âCold War and Satellite Diplomacy: The First Panamerican Symposium on Remote Sensing (Panama City, 1973)â
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SEPTEMBER 18
Sean T. Mitchell
(Rutgers UniversityâNewark)
âAn Ethnographic History of Brazilâs Spaceportâ
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SEPTEMBER 25
Brad Massey
(NASA History Office)
âSatellites, Sterilized Flies, and the Screwworm Scourge: NASA, la Comisión Nacional del Espacio Exterior, and the Mexican-American Screwworm Eradication Campaign, 1972â1980
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