Podcaster: Loretta Cannon for the AAS-HAD ; Guest: Dr. Jarita Holbrook
Title: H’ad astra historia Episode 105 ‘Astronomy Oral History Project’ Part 1
Organization: Historical Astronomy Division
Link: https://had.aas.org/
Description:
Today’s guest: Dr. Jarita Holbrook (Harvard Smithsonian Ctr for Astrophysics, Univ of Edinburgh, Univ of the Western Cape) tells the story of the Astronomy Oral History Project. You will also hear some great advice for navigating graduate school and your post-doc years! (hint: learn to write effective grant applications)
H’ad astra historia is the official podcast for the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society. We’re here to share stories from and about the people who study the stars, planets, and the cosmos. We’ll be hearing from individuals who not only study the history of astronomy, but also those who lived it, who were “in the room” during pivotal events within the last 50 years or so.
podcast music: “Frost Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under creative commons: by attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Bio: Loretta Cannon, an AAS affiliate via Rose City Astronomers, is a member of the leadership committee for the Historical Astronomy Division (2023-2025). She is a polymath with degrees in anthropology, microbiology, and biochemistry, and has many years of experience in both the private sector and government. When not reading some of her way-too-many books, she watches BritBox, creates recipes, or plays in the garden. She chose science writing/editing in astronomy as a new career. In short, she’s a sciencephile-word-nerd-foodie-with-a-plant-habit who really likes the stars.
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Transcript:
Rather than provide a complete transcript, we’re sharing links for further reading for the topics or names you’ve heard in today’s episode: “Astronomy Oral History Project”
Dr. Jarita Holbrook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarita_Holbrook
Dr. Holbrook speaking on Cultural Astronomy at Kielder Observatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIzmy7dStq8
Dr. Holbrook’s Cultural Astronomy channel (youtube): https://www.youtube.com/user/astroholbrook
Dr. Holbrook’s “Cultural Astronomy in Africa” at the IAU General Assembly 2024 (once the video is up, pause & scroll forward to the start of her talk at 5 hours 37 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/live/e3IB5EAkmMs
Prof Paul B Etzel: https://etzel.sdsu.edu/
Epsilon Aurigae (eclipsing binary star): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Aurigae
Astronomers Capture Rare Stellar Eclipse (2009 study): https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116731
Photomultiplier tubes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photomultiplier_tube
Mt Laguna Observatory: https://astronomy.sdsu.edu/mount-laguna-observatory-facilities/
Peace Corps: https://www.peacecorps.gov/
African Cultural Astronomy – Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa (2008): https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4020-6639-9
AAS-HAD Obituaries: https://baas.aas.org/obituaries
AAS (astronomy) Oral History Project – Abstract of Report in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ESS…..433303H/abstract
AIP (American Institute of Physics): https://ww2.aip.org/
AIP’s Oral History Archive: https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories
ASTROMOVES: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/astromoves/2021/07/02/welcome-to-astromoves/
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