講演情報
[O17-03]Mobile Planetarium as a Venue for Anthropological Expression: Anthroporium and SceNarium
*Akira Goto1 (1. KIKAI Institutute for Coral Reef Sciences (Japan))
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cultural astronomy、ethoastronomy、anthropology
As an anthropologist, the presenter has toured Japan with Anthroporium, a mobile planetarium that makes anthropological and archaeological research findings accessible to the public. The advantage of mobile planetariums is that they can present the starry sky in any local town. In the program implemented by the presenter, local residents and children were invited to provide narration, BGM, etc, thereby fostering community-driven outreach activities. Digital planetariums have the advantage of being able to transcend space and time with ease. On Kikai Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, for example, comparisons were made between the constellations of the Amami region and those of the Ainu people of Hokkaido. In Nagoya, comparisons were made between the stars of Nagoya and those of Sydney (aboriginal constellations), Nagoya's sister city. In these cases, elementary to high school students were tasked with providing the narration. For the special exhibition at the National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka), 'Boats and Humankind', we created a programme that allowed participants to experience the stellar navigation techniques developed by Polynesians as they expanded across the Pacific Islands. In Kyushu, a treasure trove of ancient cultures, we presented a piece entitled 'Did Himiko See the Southern Cross?', which explores ancient night skies and promotes the idea that 'the planetarium is a time machine'. In this program, by combining drone footage of ancient ruins with celestial simulations, we created a realistic ancient night sky. Additionally, for a project at the Institute of Humanities and Nature in Kyoto, we developed SceNarium (a combination of 'scene' and 'planetarium'), which projects images of the ocean floor and coral reef spawning inside an air dome and connects them with images of the starry sky. This presentation aims to showcase these endeavors as potential applications for mobile planetariums.