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An Anthropologist at the Vatican Observatory

An Anthropologist at the Vatican Observatory

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Br. Guy Consolmagno chats with Dr. Deana L. Weibel - a cultural anthropologist whose work focuses primarily on religion, especially the topics of pilgrimage, sacred space, the mutual influence of scientific and religious ideas on each other, and religion and space exploration.

She spoke to us on those topics… and science fiction movies, as well!

Co-Hosts:
Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ
: Director of Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation.
Bob Trembley: Factotum for the Vatican Observatory Foundation.

Guest:
Dr. Deana L. Weibel: A Space Anthropologist and Anthropologist of Religion.

She spent a month in 2019 at the Vatican Observatory, studying "the Pope's Astronomers;" from mid-March to mid-April 2019, where she conducted ethnographic research including interviews, attended daily activities and events, and got to know the astronomers and staff.

Vatican Observatory website: https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/
Follow Deana on: Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In and Bluesky.

Intro music: Irreducible by ComaStudio
Finale music: Cinematic Documentary by Lexin_Music

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