#2 The colonial side of astronomy and what to do about it with Ann Thresher

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Spacetime Fika

Jonas Enander

5 episodes

2 weeks ago

Fika is a Swedish word which means to have a social coffee break with cakes, and Spacetime Fika is a podcast where Jonas Enander meets people from the world of science to have an informal talk – like having a fika! – about how the universe works and how we have figured that out.

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Astronomy

Science,

Physics

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#2 The colonial side of astronomy and what to do about it with Ann Thresher

Spacetime Fika

46 minutes 24 seconds

1 year ago

#2 The colonial side of astronomy and what to do about it with Ann Thresher

In 2014 and 2015, protests against the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea, Hawaii, showed how the choice of where to build a telescope is entangled with social and political issues. In this episode, I talk with Ann C. Thresher from Stanford University about the relationship between astronomy and colonialism, and the ethical dimensions of telescope sitings. Thresher is a leader of the Responsible siting group within the Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope, and is actively involved in reaching out to local communities in the early stages of new telescope projects.

Learn more:

Ann. C. Thresher's homepage

History Philosophy Culture working group of the ng-EHT

Decolonising Science Reading List

Music credit: Jean Anguis.

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