Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias, Vol. 54

AGOSTO 2022

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2nd Workshop on Astronomy Beyond the Common Senses for Accessibility and Inclusion (2WAI)

Virtual Modality, November 17-18, 2021
Editors for this issue: Santiago Vargas, Beatrı́z Garcı́a, Gary Hemming, Sonia Duffau, Nicolás Vázquez, and Angela Pérez

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• TABLE OF CONTENTS                                 iii

• Preface
  Santiago Vargas, Beatrı́z Garcı́a, Gary Hemming, Sonia Duffau, Nicolás Vázquez, and Angela Pérez                                 vii

• List of registered participants                                 ix

  
  
  

  INVITED TALKS

• THE POWER OF LISTENING TO YOUR DATA: OPENING DOORS AND ENHANCING DISCOVERY USING SONIFICATION
  G. Foran 1 , J. Cooke 1 , & J. Hannam                                 1
• WHAT WE DO MATTERS: FOSTERING INCLUSION AND BELONGING IN THE WORKPLACE
  D. Thompson                                 9
• ASTRONOMÍA INCLUSIVA
  M. Argudo-Fernández                                 16
  
  

  ORAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION IN UNDERPRIVILEGED AREAS: THE CASE STUDY OF THE ALL-GIRLS “SCHOOL OF ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS BY MIRWAT” IN PAKISTAN AND VIRTUAL VISITS TO THE VIRGO INTERFEROMETER
  M. Shamshad, M. Chaniotakis, & V. Boschi                                 20
• A PERMANENT AND INCLUSIVE EXHIBITION AT INAF ARCETRI ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
  A. Zanazzi, S. Varano, & N. Bucciantini                                 24
• PAINTING GRAPHS WITH SOUNDS: COSMONIC SONIFICATION PROJECT
  R. Garcı́a-Benito & E. Pérez-Montero                                 28
• GWITCHHUNTERS – A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS
  F. Di Renzo, M. Razzano, F. Fidecaro, G. Hemming, & S. Katsanevas                                 34
• ASTRONOMY WITHOUT BORDERS: PLANETARIO ACCESIBLE
  G. Cacace & A. Pereyra                                 39
• ONLINE ASTRONOMY FOR BVI PEOPLE
  E. Labbé Waghorn                                 43
• A SONIFICATION OF THE ZCOSMOS GALAXY DATASET
  S. Bardelli, C. Ferretti, G- Presti, & M. Rinaldi                                 47
• CHANDRA’S ACCESSIBLE UNIVERSE: FROM SIGHT TO SOUND & TOUCH
  K. Arcand                                 53
• DISSEMINATION OF THE “TOUCH THE UNIVERSE” TACTILE EXHIBITION
  K. Usuda-Sato, Y. Suzuki, S. Kawashima, Y. Goko, & T. Inoue                                 57
• NASA’S NEURODIVERSITY NETWORK (N3)
  L. Cominsky, A. Riccio, W. Martin, L. Peticolas, B. Mendez, S. Perez, G. Williams, A. Grillo-Hill, & J. Valcarcel                                 61
• ASTRO[SOUND]BITES: AN AUDIO RESOURCE FOR INFORMAL EDUCATION
  W. R. Saunders, M. Rice, & A. Gagliano                                 66
• ASTRONOMY FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS: DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAREER EXPLORATION LAB
  T. I. Madura, C. Christian, T. Wild, D. Hurd, J. Harris, L. Bartolone, K. Silberman, S. McVoy, & K. Walker                                 71
• ASTROPARAMO. SCIENCE CLUB OF PLANETARY HABITABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
  M. J. Villarreal-Gómez, J. Grisales-Casadiegos, J. Pisco-Guavabe, V. González-Matoma, L. A. Nuñez, & C. Scorza                                 75
• HOW TO USE SALSAJ SOFTWARE TO PERFORM PHOTOMETRY, ASTROMETRY, IMAGE PROCESSING IN 3D
  J. C. Mora                                 80
• CARIBBEAN ASTRONOMY FOR INCLUSION (CAI): TRANSFORMING “THEORY” ON INCLUSION INTO CONCRETE ACTIONS
  B. Ocaña Flaquer, W. Diaz Merced, S. Haque, R. Narcisse, J. Mejuto, E. Diaz, S. Vargas Domínguez, A. Bieryla, & K. Eastwood                                 84
• ACCESSIBLE ASTRONOMY: HOW TO ADAPT ACTIVITIES FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED LEARNERS USING LOW COST MATERIALS
  N. Grice                                 89
• DEDOSCOPIO: AN INCLUSIVE PROJECT DEDICATED TO BRING TACTILE ASTRONOMY TALKS
  C. Fuentes-Muñoz & P. Paredes-Sabando                                 92
• THE PATH TO A MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE FUTURE OF MEETINGS IN ASTRONOMY
  V. A. Moss, C. E. Trenham, A. W. Hotan, R. Kobayashi, G. A. Rees, C. D. Tremblay, L. Burtscher, & R. D. Ekers                                 95
  
  

  POSTERS

• MARKING THE MERIDIAN ON A ZERO SHADOW DAY (ZSD)
  M. Sriramreddy                                 100
• ASTRONOMY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS
  E. C. L. Sit                             104
• LIGHTSOUND: ACCESSIBILITY AND AWARENESS FOR UPCOMING SOLAR ECLIPSES
  A. Bieryla & S. Ó. Hyman                              107
• THE UNIVERSE IN WORDS: ASTRONOMY FOR ALL THROUGH AUDIO DESCRIPTION WITHIN THE OUTREACH PROJECT ASTROACCESIBLE
  E. Pérez-Montero, C. Barnés-Castaño, & E. J. Garcı́a Gómez-Caro                              111
• VOICES THAT COME OUT OF THE HANDS: ASTRONOMY FOR THE DEAF
  M. R. Voelzke, B. R. Xavier, & O. R. Ferreira                              114
• AN APPLICATION OF SONIFICATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY OF ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES TO THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
  A. Deandra, M. Putra, M. I. Mandasari, C. Kunjaya, D. Herdiwijaya, & Aprilia                              118
• SONOUNO WEB INTERFACE FOR SONIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF ASTROPHYSICAL DATA
  J. Casado, G. A. De La Vega, L. M. E. Domı́nguez, & B. Garcı́a                                 122
• ASTRONOMY EDUCATION RESEARCH: EFFORTS TOWARDS TEACHING FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN SOUTH AFRICA
  T. Makwela, D. Taylor, S. Blyth, & S. Allier               126
• THE IAU-WOMEN IN ASTRONOMY WORKING GROUP AND INCLUSIVITY
  P. Hasan, M. Pandey-Pommier, S. Vargas Domı́nguez, A. Piccialli, A. Saad Hassanin, D. Lazzaro, D. J. Norman, B. J. Wilkes, J. Leibacher, C.a D. P. Lagos, J. Masegosa, L. Yang, D. Valls-Gabaud, A. Bamba, & J. Nastula                              129
• Author Index
  Author Index                              133