Meet a Scientist: Philippine Culture
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Meet Dr. Almira Astudillo Gilles, Research Associate, and Jamie Kelly, McCarter Collections Manager of Anthropology at the Field Museum, as they showcase curated objects from the museum’s Philippine collection and present highlights of Dr Gilles’ recent ethnoastronomy research in the Philippines.
Learn about alternative perspectives to Western astronomy and how other cultures still use celestial objects for navigation, agriculture, and home practices today. View rarely displayed items from the Philippine collection and see the results of artisanal and artistic skills utilizing natural materials from the surrounding environment.
Scientists, researchers, and collections managers are behind the scenes every day, uncovering new information and taking care of our collection.
During Meet a Scientist, you can find them in the Grainger Science Hub. They'll discuss their work and share real items from the museum’s collection of nearly 40 million objects. From collections care to field work, and dinosaurs to ecology, there’s a world of science to explore.
Visit the Science Hub on select weekdays for an up-close look at what our researchers do every day.
