{"id":7587,"date":"2023-09-27T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T00:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/?post_type=news_events&#038;p=7587"},"modified":"2023-09-27T09:47:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T00:47:45","slug":"why_decolonize_science","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/en\/news_events\/events\/2023\/why_decolonize_science\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Decolonize Science? Perspectives from Astronomy at UN Science Summit at 78th UN General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7588 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FY2023_UN_summit_image1s.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FY2023_UN_summit_image1s.png 600w, https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FY2023_UN_summit_image1s-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FY2023_UN_summit_image1s-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A session on \u2018Why Decolonize Science? Perspectives from Astronomy\u2019 will be held at the UN Science Summit at the 78th UN General Assembly.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nColonial practices are embedded in many aspects of scientific engagements, from research, policy, education, and outreach. How many of these practices are embedded in the astronomy community and science? Is there an urgent need to redesign the system to advance astronomy science inclusively? What can astronomers and decision-makers do for a positive change? In this session, experts from three regions will discuss perspectives from astronomy that reflects colonial practices.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSpeakers:<br \/>\nDr. Thilina Heenatigala, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor \/ Director of Communications, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Organizer)<br \/>\nDr. Tana Joseph, Equity and Inclusion Officer for Dutch Astronomy, Netherlands Astronomy Council,<br \/>\nUniversity of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)<br \/>\nDr. Pedro Russo, Assistant Professor, Leiden University (The Netherlands)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe session is held virtually. Registration required to attend.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDate\/Time: Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 09:00\u201310:00 UTC \/ 18:00\u201319:00 JST<br \/>\nRegistration and more info: <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencesummitunga78.sched.com\/event\/1SH3S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sciencesummitunga78.sched.com\/event\/1SH3S<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nOther sessions from Japan: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oist.jp\/news-center\/press-releases\/oist-participates-unga-science-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.oist.jp\/news-center\/press-releases\/oist-participates-unga-science-summit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7590,"template":"","news_events_cat":[6],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events\/7587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events_cat?post=7587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}