<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">The International Society for Archaeoastronomy & Astronomy in Culture<br>
(ISAAC), The University of the Western Cape, The South African Astronomical<br>
Observatory, and The African Cultural Astronomy Network Announce<br>
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Official Call for Abstracts Oxford X 2014<br>
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The Oxford X theme is ³Astronomy, Indigenous Knowledge, and Interpretation.²<br>
There has been an ongoing tension in archaeoastronomy over interpretations<br>
of alignments and sky knowledge that are consistent with existing knowledge<br>
of the culture under examination. Added to this is the possibility that when<br>
working with living cultures more than one interpretation may exist.<br>
Indigenous Knowledge Studies (IKS) which works from within cultures is<br>
working to incorporate sky knowledge, whereas cultural astronomy is working<br>
to incorporate more knowledge about cultures. The conference will bring<br>
together these communities and others to examine the linkages, theories, and<br>
INTERPRETATIONS of the human relationship to the sky.<br>
<br>The School Teacher & Graduate Student workshop is July 12 & 13, 2014 before<br>the conference at SAAO Auditorium.<br><br> Call for Abstracts:<br>
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Please submit abstracts of between 400 and 600 words on the theme of<br>
"Astronomy, Indigenous Knowledge, and Interpretation" or more broadly on<br>
archaeoastronomy, history of astronomy, literature, divination, art,<br>
biography, or other areas of research connected to studying people and their<br>
relationships to the sky. The conference is multidisciplinary so please<br>
state in the abstract from which discipline you have drawn your data<br>
collection and analysis methods. Include your hypothesis/theory, data<br>
source, and conclusions. About cited references:<br>
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Your abstract may be sent back asking for references if they are not<br>
included and deemed necessary by the SOC. References are not included in<br>
the abstract word count.<br><br>
Please email abstracts directly in the body of the email to<br>
<a href="mailto:oxfordx2014@gmail.com">oxfordx2014@gmail.com</a>.<br>
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NO ATTACHMENTS PLEASE!<br><br>
Deadlines:<br>
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Abstracts Due March 1, 2014<br>
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Decisions before April 1, 2014<br>
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Conference Details:<br>
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Venue: South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), Cape Town, South<br>
Africa<br>
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Dates: July 14 - 19, 2014<br>
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Conference Website:<br>
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<a href="http://culturalastronomy.saao.ac.za" target="_blank">culturalastronomy.saao.ac.za</a> <<a href="http://culturalastronomy.saao.ac.za/" target="_blank">http://culturalastronomy.saao.ac.za/</a>><br>
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The International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture<br>
(ISAAC) and the Oxford Conferences in Archaeoastronomy<br>
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<a href="http://www2.archaeoastronomy.org/index.php/about-isaac" target="_blank">http://www2.archaeoastronomy.org/index.php/about-isaac</a><br>
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<br>African Cultural Astronomy Network<br><br></div></div>