{"id":459,"date":"2018-08-15T01:20:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T01:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astronomia.bedigital.cl\/chilean-accessible-astronomy-on-iau-inspiring-stars-exhibition\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T17:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:46:50","slug":"chilean-accessible-astronomy-on-iau-inspiring-stars-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/chilean-accessible-astronomy-on-iau-inspiring-stars-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilean Accessible Astronomy on IAU Inspiring Stars Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspiring Stars\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is the world exhibition on Accessible Astronomy gathering at IAU General Assembly at Vienna, on August 22nd 2018. Many Chilean\u00a0<\/strong>institutions have been cooperating to be part of this initiative and bring their accessible astronomical experiences for hearing and visually impaired people to the exhibition.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Astronomy For All<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Started under the clear Chilean night sky, \u201cAstronomy for All\u201d represents the cooperation of astronomical institutions helping to bring astronomy to everyone in an accessible way. Our goal is to open the fascinating world of Science and Astronomy to people with visual and hearing disabilities, who historically have been kept away from these experiences, removing the barriers that affect them.<\/p>\n

Institutions<\/h3>\n

<\/a>N\u00facleo de Astronom\u00eda UDP<\/h4>\n

The UDP Astronomy Nucleus is a research group located at\u00a0Universidad Diego Portales.<\/a>\u00a0Since 2016, the outreach program,\u00a0AstroUDP<\/a>,\u00a0has been developing accessible astronomical experiences for blind and visually impaired (BVI) people, quickly realizing the high impact of a well prepared short story, along with low-cost tactile material, can have on both BVI and sighted people. Since then, the purpose of the project has been to spread the idea that this type of non-visual experience is actually possible, and that it gives a deeper understanding than visual learning alone.<\/p>\n

Several collaborations with other projects and institutions have emerged from these experiences (AstroTactil<\/a>,\u00a0Conicyt<\/a>,\u00a0Santa Lucia School for the Blind<\/a>,\u00a0IDATA project<\/a>, etc.), as well as training workshops for astronomy students and school teachers, participation in conferences and forums\u00a0on inclusive astronomy, and free resources available online, in\u00a0Spanish<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0English<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO (Spanish with English subtitles available)<\/p>\n