The Universe behind bars - Astronomy in prisons
Abstract
For more than two decades, we go in prisons in France and overseas territories for astronomy talks i.e. courses, lectures and discussions with prisoners. Paradoxically, these talks are very successful. It is very important for both prisoners and society that the time spent in prison would not totaly lost time, but could be used to improve knowledge and culture of prisoners. We explain some aspects of these talks, we note some specificities, and we detail some organizational points
- Publication:
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SF2A-2019: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019sf2a.conf..403B
- Keywords:
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- teaching;
- popularization;
- society