[STS-Africa] Abstracts Due March 1 Astronomy, Indigenous Knowledge, and Interpretation

[JC Holbrook]

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Official Call for Abstracts Oxford X 2014


The Oxford X theme is "Astronomy, Indigenous Knowledge, and
Interpretation."  There has been an ongoing tension in
archaeoastronomy over interpretations of alignments and sky knowledge
that are consistent with existing knowledge of the culture under
examination. Added to this is the possibility that when working with
living cultures more than one interpretation may exist. Indigenous
Knowledge Studies (IKS) which works from within cultures is working to
incorporate sky knowledge, whereas cultural astronomy is working to
incorporate more knowledge about cultures. The conference will bring
together these communities and others to examine the linkages,
theories, and INTERPRETATIONS of the human relationship to the sky.

Call for Abstracts:

Please submit abstracts of between 400 and 600 words on the theme of
"Astronomy, Indigenous Knowledge, and Interpretation" or more broadly
on archaeoastronomy, history of astronomy, literature, divination, art
or other areas of research connected to studying people and their
relationships to the sky. The conference is multidisciplinary so
please state in the abstract from which discipline you have drawn your
data collection and analysis methods. Include your hypothesis/theory,
data source, and conclusions.  About cited references:

Your abstract may be sent back asking for references if they are not
included and deemed necessary by the SOC.  References are not included
in the abstract word count.


Please email abstracts directly in the body of the email to
oxfordx2014 at gmail.com.

NO ATTACHMENTS PLEASE!


Deadlines:

Abstracts Due March 1, 2014

Decisions before April 1, 2014

Conference Details:

Venue: South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), Cape Town, South Africa

Dates: July 14 - 19, 2014

Conference Website:

culturalastronomy.saao.ac.za


The International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in
Culture (ISAAC) and the Oxford Conferences in Archaeoastronomy

http://www2.archaeoastronomy.org/index.php/about-isaac


African Cultural Astronomy Network



-- 
JC Holbrook, Ph.D.
Physics Department
University of the Western Cape
@astroholbrook

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