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dc.contributor.authorPerles, Zoe Kaya
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12T17:11:47Z
dc.date.available2022-01-12T17:11:47Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7044
dc.description.abstractWhen we examine the night sky and consider the history and progression of science and astronomy, we observe the sky through a specific cultural lens. Contemporary understandings and interpretations of the sky and of science have been distorted by the biases of Western European history and culture. Consequently, indigenous astronomy has been eradicated, depreciated, forgotten, and omitted from the historical record. After thousands of years of colonization and the purposeful destruction of indigenous cultures, much knowledge of indigenous astronomy has been lost. However, the knowledge that has been preserved is extraordinary. A study of the methods and strategies of astronomical observation developed by indigenous civilizations and the roles that astronomy served within indigenous societies crafts a compelling argument about the validity, sophistication, and value of indigenous astronomy and sky culture. With that knowledge, we can then consider the drastic repercussions of the erasure of indigenous astronomy and why it is essential that we incorporate indigenous knowledge into modern understandings of science and astronomy.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectSpanishen_US
dc.subjectAstronomyen_US
dc.subjectScienceen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous culturesen_US
dc.subjectMythologyen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectAstrologyen_US
dc.subjectAztecen_US
dc.subjectMayaen_US
dc.subjectNavajoen_US
dc.subjectMesoamericanen_US
dc.subjectColonizationen_US
dc.titleThe westernization of the night sky: a study of indigenous astronomy and sky cultureen_US
dc.typeHonors Projecten_US
dc.description.versionNAen_US
refterms.dateFOA2022-01-12T17:11:47Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY College at New Paltzen_US
dc.description.departmentHonorsen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US
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