Astronaissance: Communicating astronomy & space to the African imagination

dc.contributor.authorGottschalk, Keith
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-20T14:14:13Z
dc.date.available2014-01-20T14:14:13Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionPaper presented at The Re-emergence of Astronomy in Africa: a transdisciplinary interface of Knowledge Systems Conference, Maropeng, South Africa, 10-11 September 2012
dc.description.abstractAstronaissance neatly conceptualizes the crossover between the African Renaissance, the re-emergence of Astronomy in Africa, and the rise of cognate space sciences and astronautics. Story-telling, painting, engraving, writing, and above all, viewing the heavens above, have always been amongst the strategies for communicating this excitement and wonder. Today, astronomy societies, the internet, media and mobile phone apps, and other public outreach projects are crucial when, for the first time ever, a majority of Africa’s people now live under the light-polluted skies of our continent’s towns and cities. Space-related products and services are woven into the fabric of our daily life as never before. Policy-makers, budget-allocators, and managers need to see as essential to their strategy communicating to Africa’s citizens, voters, and taxpayers, the necessity of Astronomy, the other space sciences, and Astronautics.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/957
dc.language.isoenen_US
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dc.rightsThis file may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the authors.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedfalse
dc.subjectAstronomyen_US
dc.subjectAstronauticsen_US
dc.subjectSpace scienceen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectPopularen_US
dc.titleAstronaissance: Communicating astronomy & space to the African imaginationen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US

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