论文标题
美白天空：光污染是一种文化种族灭绝的形式
Whitening the Sky: light pollution as a form of cultural genocide
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论文摘要
光污染正在积极破坏我们看到星星的能力。世界各地的许多土著传统和知识系统都是基于星星的，人们观察和解释恒星立场和特性的能力对于日常生活和文化连续性至关重要。夜空的擦除起到了与恒星的土著联系，是一种持续的文化和生态种族灭绝的形式。通过不同程度的成功，正在实现，最小化或消除光污染的努力，但是城市扩张，较差的照明设计以及增加蓝光发射LED作为一种成本效益的解决方案，这与人类健康，野生动植物和天文遗产有关的问题恶化了，以使资本经济增长受益。我们简要概述了这个问题，说明了澳大利亚原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民与星星保持的一些重要联系，以及日益增长的光污染对这一古老知识的影响。我们提出了一种基于土著哲学和非殖民化方法的基础，提出了一种跨学科的方法来解决这些问题。
Light pollution is actively destroying our ability to see the stars. Many Indigenous traditions and knowledge systems around the world are based on the stars, and the peoples' ability to observe and interpret stellar positions and properties is of critical importance for daily life and cultural continuity. The erasure of the night sky acts to erase Indigenous connection to the stars, acting as a form of ongoing cultural and ecological genocide. Efforts to reduce, minimise, or eliminate light pollution are being achieved with varying degrees of success, but urban expansion, poor lighting design, and the increased use of blue-light emitting LEDs as a cost-effective solution is worsening problems related to human health, wildlife, and astronomical heritage for the benefit of capitalistic economic growth. We provide a brief overview of the issue, illustrating some of the important connections that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia maintain with the stars, as well as the impact growing light pollution has on this ancient knowledge. We propose a transdisciplinary approach to solving these issues, using a foundation based on Indigenous philosophies and decolonising methodologies.
