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The “Ciel, miroir des cultures” exhibition: a three-year awareness campaign on the sky as a mirror of cultures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2011

Olivier Las Vergnas ,
Eric Piednoël  and
Gérard Gautier
Olivier Las Vergnas
Affiliation:
Centre de recherches éducation et formation (CREF), Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Bâtiment C, 200, avenue de la République, 92001 Nanterre Cedex, France email: o.lasvergnas@cite-sciences.fr Association Française d'Astronomie, 17, rue Émile Deutsch de la Meurthe, 75014 Paris, France email: eric.piednoel@afanet.fr
Eric Piednoël
Affiliation:
Association Française d'Astronomie, 17, rue Émile Deutsch de la Meurthe, 75014 Paris, France email: eric.piednoel@afanet.fr
Gérard Gautier
Affiliation:
Association Française d'Astronomie, 17, rue Émile Deutsch de la Meurthe, 75014 Paris, France email: eric.piednoel@afanet.fr Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, 2 rue de Lille, 75343 Paris, France email: g.gautierk@online.fr
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Abstract

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The Ciel, miroir des cultures poster-exhibition was designed by the Association Française d'Astronomie and printed in 300 copies in 2005. Each copy is composed of 14 posters introducing the different ways human beings and societies have used the sky and the heavens in history. More than three hundred cultural events have now been using the exhibition in schools and community structures as public libraries and social centres, taking place mainly in low-income urban or suburban neighbourhoods. This three-year work demonstrated the relevance of this kind of tools and events to pedagogical and social aims, specifically if the event is not limited to showing posters and also offers an opportunity for dialogue.

Keywords

awarenessethnologypublic understanding of scienceexhibition
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S260: The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture , January 2009 , E27
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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