Cultural Astronomy and Religion | Jarita Holbrook | TEDxLeDroitPark

This is a conversation for the forward thinker who understands the connection, but continues to question the relationship between culture, astronomy and religion. Dr. Holbrook is an American astronomer and associate professor of physics at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) where she is principal investigator of the Astronomy & Society group. She is an expert on African Indigenous Astronomy and the principal investigator of the Astronomy & Society group at UWC. She received her PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she investigated star formation efficiency in the infrared focusing on Orion BN-kl and GL 2136. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx