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In the Spanish TV program “The Comedy Club”, different actors and actresses on the stage, just with a high stool and maybe a drink, perform a (usually very good) monologue.
Welcome to “The Comedy Club”
(*)
Welcome to “The Comedy Club”
(*)(*) Please, remember I’m not an actress
and my mother language is not English…
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Communicating Astronomy With the PublicESO- Garching, June 2005
Plenary Session 7: Challenges and New Ideas
Communicating Astronomy With the PublicESO- Garching, June 2005
Plenary Session 7: Challenges and New Ideas
Inés Rodríguez Hidalgo
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos
Depto. de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna
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CAP, Garching, June 2005CAP, Garching, June 2005 Inés Rodríguez HidalgoInés Rodríguez Hidalgo
As you’ve seen and heard I’ve explained
• the ecliptic
• the Zodiac, the concept of angular extent
• the constellations, the Zodiac ones
• the rise of the Sun at different points of the horizon• the equinox
• the North (other cardinal) points
• some simple statistical facts…
• the planets’ orbits and their inclinations
• the precession of equinoxes
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Challenges and New IdeasChallenges and New Ideas Challenges and New IdeasChallenges and New Ideas
For introducing astronomical concepts I suggest…
• to use a ‘co-lateral’ story with catches the public’s attention • better if it’s doesn’t sound exactly to science
(people still fears science…)
• better if it’s a topic of wide popular interest
• better if it includes bits of humour and magic
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CAP, Garching, June 2005CAP, Garching, June 2005 Inés Rodríguez HidalgoInés Rodríguez Hidalgo
Astrology is a good exampleAstrology is a good exampleAstrology is a good exampleAstrology is a good example
• astrology it’s not a science, but a pseudo-science…
- communicating astronomy with the public- communicating astronomy with the public
• mixing up astrological statements and astronomical facts, you invade the personal space, going deep into the individual expectations and wishes
- fighting against irrational beliefs that are often fighting against irrational beliefs that are often presented presented
as scientific knowledge: helping to spread the critical as scientific knowledge: helping to spread the critical sense,sense,
in danger of extinction these days…in danger of extinction these days…
• …so, you can “kill two birds with one stone”:
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Astrology is a good exampleAstrology is a good exampleAstrology is a good exampleAstrology is a good example
• show the ranking of the gravitational attraction and tidal forces exerted by different bodies at the birth’s moment
• ranking of electromagnetic radiation
• ranking of particle emission
• ranking of magnetism
• more statistical examples of clamorous astrological failures…
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CAP, Garching, June 2005CAP, Garching, June 2005 Inés Rodríguez HidalgoInés Rodríguez Hidalgo
Of course, these contents of basic Astronomy(also important!!!) can be presented in a verysophisticated documentary based essentially on spectacular images, with an explanatory text in off…
Let’s try: It Let’s try: It works…works…Let’s try: It Let’s try: It works…works…
I suggest this other type of communication,
less usual nowadays, but quite straightforward,
appealing people’s “heart” and mind, and also effective