[STS-Africa] Call for Abstracts "Astronomy, Indigenous Knowledge, and Interpretation"

[Science Committee]

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