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Presenter: Jake Edward Krisiak

Faculty Sponsor: Andrew Burkhardt

School: Worcester State University

Research Area: Astronomy, Cosmology, and Astrophysics

Session: Poster Session 2, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM, 163, C15

ABSTRACT

There is an issue in the historiography of Astronomy of Eurocentrism, and this Eurocentrism is overshadowing the massive contributions made by other civilizations throughout history. In the Intro to Astronomy, there is this gap in the teaching of Astronomy's history, and I have developed an in-class activity to help fix this issue by researching 6 civilizations (Greece, Egypt, Babylonia, Mayans, Umayyad Caliphates, India) and outlining questions about what contributions they made throughout their existence.