Cultural astronomy
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Cultural astronomy is a blanket term used to describe interdisciplinary fields that relate to astronomy of current or ancient societites and cultures.
Such areas include:
- Archaeoastronomy: The study of the astronomies and cosmologies of ancient cultures and civilizations;
- Ethnoastronomy: The study of the astronomies and cosmologies of current cultures;
- Historical astronomy: Analyzing historic astronomical data;
- History of Astronomy: Understanding and study and evolution of the discipline of astronomy over the course of human knowledge;
- Astrosociology: The study of the relationship between human societies and activities in space, including space programs (such as NASA and the ESA) and their effects on societies, the privatization of space, space warfare, space commercialization, space law and policy, space tourism, the effects of space sciences, colonization and settlement of space, and the study of transitional stages toward a space-faring society.
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