The aboriginal knowledge stored in the stars
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Kirsten Banks |
TEDxYouth@Sydney
• April 2019
How many stars can you see at night? If you’re part of the 80% of the global population that experiences light pollution, probably not many–but it hasn’t always been this way. Indigenous cultures around the world have studied the stars since long before the industrial era. Indigenous Australian astrophysicist Kirsten Banks tells us about how Aboriginal cultures used the night sky for learning and for survival.