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African Cultural Astronomy
Author | : Jarita Holbrook,R. Thebe Medupe,Johnson O. Urama |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781402066399 |
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This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of the African continent. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa and it includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites and at places of worship, rock art with celestial imagery, and scientific thinking revealed in local astronomy traditions including ethnomathematics and the creation of calendars.
African Cultural Astronomy
Author | : Jarita Holbrook,R. Thebe Medupe,Johnson O. Urama |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2009-09-03 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9048115639 |
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This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of the African continent. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa and it includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites and at places of worship, rock art with celestial imagery, and scientific thinking revealed in local astronomy traditions including ethnomathematics and the creation of calendars.
Journey to the Stars
Author | : Pathisa Nyathi |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : 1779312318 |
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African Cosmos
Author | : Christine M. Kreamer |
Publsiher | : The Monacelli Press, LLC |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2012-11-27 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781580933438 |
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A groundbreaking scholarly publication, accompanying an exhibition organized by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, African Cosmos: Stellar Arts brings together exceptional works of art, dating from ancient times to the present, and essays by leading scholars and contemporary artists to consider African cultural astronomy: creativity and artistic practice in Africa as it is linked to celestial bodies and atmospheric phenomena. African concepts of the universe are intensely personal, placing human beings in relation to the earth and sky, and with the sun, moon, and stars. At the core of creation myths and the foundation of moral values, celestial bodies are often accorded sacred capacities and are part of the “cosmological map” that allows humans to chart their course through life.
Astronomy of Timbuktu
Author | : Rodney Thebe Medupe |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2008-08-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0521169763 |
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Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy
Author | : Wayne Orchiston,Mayank N. Vahia |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 802 |
Release | : 2021-08-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783030627775 |
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This edited volume contains 24 different research papers by members of the History and Heritage Working Group of the Southeast Asian Astronomy Network. The chapters were prepared by astronomers from Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Scotland, Sweden, Thailand and Vietnam. They represent the latest understanding of cultural and scientific interchange in the region over time, from ethnoastronomy to archaeoastronomy and more. Gathering together researchers from various locales, this volume enabled new connections to be made in service of building a more holistic vision of astronomical history in Southeast Asia, which boasts a proud and deep tradition.
Astronomy Across Cultures
Author | : Helaine Selin |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789401141796 |
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Astronomy Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Astronomy consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Polynesian, Egyptian and Tibetan astronomy, among others, the book includes essays on Sky Tales and Why We Tell Them and Astronomy and Prehistory, and Astronomy and Astrology. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate astronomical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
African Religions
Author | : Jacob K. Olupona |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780199790586 |
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This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.