Foreword: Professor Marcia Langton
Prologue
1. Star Knowledge
2. The Nearest Star
3. The Moon
4. The Wandering Stars
5. The Twinkling Stars
6. The Seasonal Stars
7. The Variable Stars
8. The Cataclysmic Stars
9. The Navigational Stars
10. The Falling Stars
Epilogue
Glossary of astronomical terms
References
Index
Duane Hamacher is Associate Professor of Cultural Astronomy in the
School of Physics at the University of Melbourne. He earned
graduate degrees in astrophysics and the social sciences and has
appeared on TEDx, The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, and many
other high profile local and international programs. He serves as
an expert consultant for UNESCO and works for Indigenous elders in
the Torres Strait and around the world to document traditional star
knowledge for educational programs and public understanding.
For more details about the Elders and Knowledge Holders
www.thefirstastronomers.com
'Challenges Western notions of science as the only true measure of
reality and truth. It treats Indigenous astronomy - and, by
extension, Indigenous culture more broadly - not as an
anthropological curiosity, but as a sophisticated and living body
of knowledge that contains within it a radically different idea of
human beings' place within nature.' - The Australian
'Stunning in scope, impressive in detail and accessible in style' -
The Conversation
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