Jarita Holbrook
Indigenous/Cultural Astronomy, Science & Technology Studies, Documentary Filmmaker
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- Wow! Archeologist and Cultural Astronomer Ivan Šprajc has confirmed the location of a new Mayan city ruin ‘Ocomtún’. See Popular Mechanics article: www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
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- Hey @geowalks.scot! Don’t forget to share our new geology of Scotland episode. Here is the trailer: youtu.be/wkhi3n1nMtQ #blackingeo #sheisnotlost #deeptime
- Ready for speaking Nov 4! If you are in Edinburgh it is an in person free event: www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-...
- @ryherman.bsky.social tickets on eventbrite. Exploring Futurisms Mini Symposium Tue, 4 Nov 2025 09:00 - 13:00 Royal Society Edinburgh 11:30- 12:20 PANEL Exploring Planetary Futures Dr Jarita Holbrook Exploring [AFRO]Futurisms Dr Ita Jansen The Making of Indigenous Futurist film Ñuuyii (Earth)
- The Edinburgh International Festival brings some amazing artists to town. I was honored to meet #johndouglasthompson while waiting in line for a play. He was really gracious considering how famous he is. He told me that there were taxis around town with his face on them. Sure enough!
- Where sits Cultural Astronomy? The name of my talk on Aug 21, 4 pm PST. #ASPmeeting. You must be registered to see the talk.
- A few crowd shots from Oxford XIII Indigenous Astronomy in the Space Age. Profs, students and postdocs.
- We are midweek for the largest Cultural Astronomy conference in the world: Oxford 13 in Melbourne. I’m the current president, Clive is a former president. We are flanked by Isaac Warbrick & Jade Kameta.
- Join us in another 3 years. We don’t know the location yet.
- In 2006, I organized my first international conference on cultural astronomy at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, coincident with the total solar eclipse.
- Tomorrow there are watch parties all over the world to see the Rubin Observatory’s first public release of images. You can find one near you: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f.... Here in Edinburgh, start time is 3 pm ish, with the images flowing later. @blackinastro.bsky.social, @lsstuk.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Jarita HolbrookUCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs We're fighting against these reckless proposals Share to show your support ✊
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- Watching the Jada Cheek #BlackinAstro event online. So exciting! @blackinastro.bsky.social
- Those of you who’ve joined us on the Black Suns Journey, Thank You! Now it is on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhU-.... We still want to know if you use it in your K12/Uni classes to inspire folks to consider STEM careers, so like & leave a comment on the YouTube page. @blackinastro.bsky.social
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- It is time to nominate individuals for the ISAAC prizes. The deadline has been extended to May 15, 2025. You have to be an ISAAC member to apply, no problem we just voted in a bunch of new members. International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture: www.archaeoastronomy.org/prizes
- Postdoc Fellowship applications for Gender.ED are due April 25th! @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social www.gender.ed.ac.uk/opportunitie...
- One of my colleagues is exploring the online teaching space to further Cultural Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, Skyscape Archaeology. If you are interested (and in ethnoastronomy, too!) take a minute to fill out this survey: forms.gle/GwxnQeuoEw4x...
- Partial solar eclipse March 2025. The view from Edinburgh: yup clouds…
- My work on imposter phenomena @drclarabarker.bsky.social blogs.ed.ac.uk/astromoves/2... lovely to chat with you!
- Today began with sad news of the passing of Sandra Harding (UCLA). Dr Harding was part of my learning journey in STS while I was a postdoc at UCLA. Everyone should read at least one of her articles to honour her .
- The International Astronomical Union’s Women in Astronomy Working Group is celebrating Women’s Day with a 2 hour seminar "Gender Disparity in Astronomy: A Consequence of the Leaky Pipeline Effect and Possible Measures." Free - Online - Register here: forms.gle/iCmgWjBh8U42....
- European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) Conference 2025 will be in August in Hamburg, Germany. Topic is astronomical instruments. Abstracts are due March 31st. I will submit, but off - topic. www.fhsev.de/Wolfschmidt/...
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- Celebrate women and girls in STEM today! Maintaining a research career as well as promoting junior scientists has been a rewarding challenge. I’m always looking at the sky and how humans bring the sky to Earth. #culturalastronomy #indigenousastronomy #blackinastro.
- Goodbye #aas245 #nationalharbor. Delightful running into old friends like Xiaohui Fan who co-funded Hubble’s Diverse Universe. If you want to screen this film in your class, let me know.
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- I shot a herd of 3 hairy coos - two separate days of shooting and this pic was the best. #scotland #argyll #melforthotel #hairycoos
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- Stirling Castle at the end of the rainbow. Some time off after a working weekend.
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- End of year holiday gathering @stis-uoe.bsky.social @mbarany.com
- I don’t know about your university but this is how graduation is done Edinburgh style!
- Finally! I’ve been waiting! Beautiful snow flurries at dawn in Edinburgh. The beginning of a cosy Saturday at home.
- I’m preparing for AAS winter meeting at National Harbor. Our oral history team will be onsite. I need to get the last set of interviews back to the astrophysics ASAP.
- Final day of SEAC - European Cultural Astronomy Society. I presented on ASTROMOVES. Catania, Sicily has been lovely. #seac2024
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- Living in the radio quiet zone of Australia! SKA-LOW, ASKAP, MWA. A special trip!
- Good morning Perth! I’m at Pawsey getting ready for the cultural astronomy workshop. Wonderfully quiet right now.
- The view of the Swan River from Forrest Hall. My residence in Perth as an ICRAR Senior Fellow is coming to an end. I will miss this view. @icrar.bsky.social
- Someone is spamming using my name. DO NOT SEND MONEY!!!!
- A personal highlight of @astronomy2024.bsky.social was meeting the high school students from Carnarvon that I first met in June! It would be amazing to see them at the next IAU in Rome.
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- My presentation for 4S/EASST is ready! See you in Amsterdam! #EASST2024
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- Though I am not at #AAS244, I am giving a talk today “Discovering African Cultural Astronomy” at Stellenbosch University at 4 pm. This morning I’m running through the slides making sure that I hit around 45 minutes. #BlackinAstro #uwc-astro #STIS-Edinburgh #harvard-smithsonian-CfA
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- It is great being back in the Karoo! I drove as far as possible towards the square kilometer array (SKA). In front of the hills are clustered the MeerKAT antennae. The gate stops us with stern warnings in pictograms. #skatelescope #southafrica
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- So, there must be female physicists at wits university? There are 5!!! See the faculty list where I have circled the women. May they get more female toilets soon.
- I was visiting the physics department at wits university searching for a female toilet. Male toilets every floor female only on ground floor.
- Working today in Johannesburg for the Witwatersrand Edinburgh sustainable African futures program. #wesaf @stis_edinburgh
