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Duane Hamacher

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Duane Hamacher is an Associate Professor of Cultural Astronomy at the University of Melbourne since 2013, with a fellowship at Heidelberg University's CAPAS in 2022-2023. His research focuses on Indigenous Australian astronomical traditions, including documenting scientifically verifiable information in oral traditions. He received an ARC DECRA grant in 2013 and has consulted on media projects with Warwick Thornton, Morgan Freeman, and Werner Herzog, but is primarily known for his academic work at institutions like UNSW and Macquarie University.

ethnoastronomer documenting verifiable astronomical knowledge in Aboriginal oral traditions

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affiliated
Yale University

Bachelor's degree in physics

Hamacher obtained a Bachelor's degree in physics.

affiliated
University of Oxford

PhD in Indigenous Studies

Hamacher obtained a PhD in Indigenous Studies, completed before 2013.

?–2013