The “Ciel, miroir des cultures” exhibition: a three-year awareness campaign on the sky as a mirror of cultures

The Ciel, miroir des cultures poster-exhibition was designed by the Association Francaise d’Astronomie and printed in 300 copies in 2005. Each copy is composed of 14 posters introducing the different ways human beings and societies have used the sky and the heavens in history. More than three hundred cultural events have now been using the exhibition in schools and community structures as public libraries and social centres, taking place mainly in lowincome urban or suburban neighbourhoods. This three-year work demonstrated the relevance of this kind of tools and events to pedagogical and social aims, specifically if the event is not limited to showing posters and also offers an opportunity for dialogue.