http://astronomy2009.us/storytelling Just another astronomy2009.us weblog Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:59:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en JC Holbrook, Chair  Before CASS, I thought ancient astronomy was only something that modern astronomy grew from. After CASS, I realized that other ancient cultures had completely different concepts of astronomy and there are branches of cultural astronomy throughout history that need to be respected for their individuality and their own ... http://astronomy2009.us/storytelling/2009/10/05/the-cultural-astronomy-summer-school/ August 29, 2009 Tucson, AZ Two Tucson Indian Center vans full of community members traveled caravan style from the downtown office to Saguaro West Park to the Red Hills Visitor Center for an evening of storytelling and telescope viewing. Celestial storytelling was provided by Susanne Lasseter. She kept everyone riveted with Turkish, ... http://astronomy2009.us/storytelling/2009/08/29/storytelling-star-party-with-the-tucson-indian-center/ For nearly a decade, the College for Arts and Sciences of the University of Alabama has built relationships with Cuban institutions (particularly the University of Havana). Fostered by Dean Robert Olin, this “Cuba Initiative” has involved groups of faculty travelling to Cuba, visiting scholars making the opposite trip, and eventually ... http://astronomy2009.us/storytelling/2009/02/15/cuba-alabama-and-the-international-year-of-astronomy/ IYA-Inspired Quilt Show Planned for Santa Cruz, California Unbeknownst to many astronomers, quilters have been intimately involved with astronomy for years as evidenced by these three quilts and their stories. NAUTICAL STARS, selected as one of the 100 Best Quilts of the 20th Century, was inspired by an anonymous pen and ink drawing ... http://astronomy2009.us/storytelling/2009/01/24/iya-inspired-quilt-show-santa-cruz-california/ The cultural astronomy and storytelling working group, we will explore ideas and concepts of presenting the different oral traditions among those who would pass down such teachings of the night sky, what the cosmos meant to the ancient observer and how it relates to the current observer and allow those ... http://astronomy2009.us/storytelling/2007/08/26/hello-world/