/storytelling Just another weblog Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:48:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For nearly a decade, the College for Arts and Sciences of the University of Alabama has built relationships with Cuban institutions (particularly the University of Havana). Fostered by Dean Robert Olin, this “Cuba Initiative” has involved groups of faculty travelling to Cuba, visiting scholars making the opposite trip, and eventually ... /storytelling/2009/02/15/cuba-alabama-and-the-international-year-of-astronomy/ IYA-Inspired Quilt Show Planned for Santa Cruz, California Unbeknownst to many astronomers, quilters have been intimately involved with astronomy for years as evidenced by these three quilts and their stories. NAUTICAL STARS, selected as one of the 100 Best Quilts of the 20th Century, was inspired by an anonymous pen and ink drawing ... /storytelling/2009/01/24/iya-inspired-quilt-show-santa-cruz-california/ The cultural astronomy and storytelling working group, we will explore ideas and concepts of presenting the different oral traditions among those who would pass down such teachings of the night sky, what the cosmos meant to the ancient observer and how it relates to the current observer and allow those ... /storytelling/2007/08/26/hello-world/