Interculturality And Ethnic-Racial Relations In Astronomy Education And Communication
TalkEquity, Diversity and Inclusion in education
3rd Shaw-IAU Workshop
Tuesday Oct. 12, 2021
UTC: 5:20 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. America/New_York: 1:20 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Thursday Oct. 14, 2021
UTC: 12:20 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. America/New_York: 8:20 a.m.- 8:30 a.m.
Alan Alves-Brito (Institute of Physics - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul)
Focusing on Astronomy, I will address some key aspects related to the main challenges and potentials of the science education and communication platforms for the promotion of social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in Brazil, disentangling not only ethnic-racial and gender issues, but also historical and philosophical elements of science. I will show some ongoing projects, discussing their methodologies and main outcomes.
About Alan Alves-Brito
Professor Alan Alves-Brito was born in Bahia, in the northeast of Brazil. He holds a BSc (2001), MSc (2004) and PhD (2008) in Physics/Astronomy (Stellar Astrophysics). After completing his MSc/PhD studies at the University of São Paulo, postdoctoral experiences in Chile (PUC) and Australia (Swinburne University and Australian National University, where he obtained a Super Science Fellowship), Dr. Alves-Brito was appointed, in 2014, as an Adjunct Professor in Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil. He has lead key teaching, research and outreach projects, some of them focused on the promotion of Astronomy for development and on inclusion issues related to gender (women/LGBTs), ethnicity, race, class and generation in STEM (science, technology, engineer and mathematics). He has written papers and books and delivered numerous talks on Astrophysics and Education and Science Communication.
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