The largest effort of the Cosmic Serpent program is focused on professional development workshops for museum practitioners, including helping to build on the relationships and expertise developed in these workshops. Participants will gain awareness of diverse cosmologies and epistemologies and thus an increased understanding of the nature and cultural roots of science (western, native, or otherwise). We aim to serve practitioners at 96 science centers/museums and tribal cultural museums in the U.S. Southwest, West, and Northwest (eight states) through three full workshops, three follow‐up workshops, continuing communication and regional networks. “Participant Experience” on the tab to the left will lead to an example of what a participant might experience at one of our workshops. Travel, sustenance, and lodging to our workshops are free to the participants.
Northwest (NW) Follow-Up Workshop: September 20 to 23 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Application deadline: July 12th, 2010.
For this NW Follow-Up workshop, we are recruiting museum personnel from science centers, tribal museums, and cultural museums located primarily in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Most of the museum personnel will come from the Cosmic Serpent Fellows Group that attended the first Northwest Workshop at Semiahmoo, Blaine, WA. This NW workshop will start the morning of Monday, September 20th and end on Thursday, September 23rd.
California (CA) Follow-Up Workshop: will take place in January or February, 2011. The location is still to be determined.
Culminating Conference: will include Cosmic Serpent Fellows from all regions. This conference will take place in late April, 2011. The location is still to be determined.
Dr. Nancy Maryboy,
Indigenous Education Institute,
E-mail: ncm@indigenouseducation.org
Dr. David Begay,
Indigenous Education Institute
E-mail: dbegay@gmail.com
Dr. Laura Peticolas,
U C Berkeley
E-mail: laura@ssl.berkeley.edu