Bridgest Between Cultures: the Astronomy as universal language

GARCIA, B; ROS, R.; MORENO, R.RETA; VIÑUALES, E.

Montevideo

Congreso; XVII Latinamerican Meeting of Astronomy; 2023

Throughout history, Astronomy marked the lives of human beings in diverse ways. The approach to the starry sky was important from the ritual and daily ceremonial point of view and occupied a good part of the activity of all people on Earth. Although we have fragments of knowledge of the peoples of the past, we know that astronomy allowed us to establish patterns that became part of universal culture: compass, clock, calendar, intangible heritage of humanity, according to the UNESCO declaration of 2007. Bridges between cultures, is the annual proposal of the Astronomy Education Network in the School (NASE) associated with the UNESCO call for May 16th, the International Day of Light. This activity aims, hand in hand with universal astronomical themes, ancestral knowledge, discoveries of the modern era and great challenges of science dedicated to the study of the “light” that arrives from the Cosmos, to reestablish the links that identify us as a species. The idea started in 2018 and the invitation to people all over the Globe is to perform a simple activity which connect them with the nature, using astronomical instruments. pre { background: transparent }pre.western { font-family: "Liberation Mono", monospace; font-size: 10pt }pre.cjk { font-family: "Noto Sans Mono CJK SC", monospace; font-size: 10pt }pre.ctl { font-family: "Liberation Mono", monospace; font-size: 10pt }p { line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.1in; background: transparent }p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }