Deprecate Concept: "Sociology of astronomy"

[BartlettAstro]

Name the concept in question
Sociology of astronomy
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1470

Why should the concept be deprecated?
We should not artificially separate the socio-anthropological study of astronomy and astronomers into "Sociology of Astronomy" and "Ethnoastronomy" depending on which community of astronomers is involved. See additional notes from Dr. Alejandro López, astronomer and anthropologist, ethnoastronomer, chair of the IAU WG astronomical heritage in danger.

Child concepts?
No child concepts

Please include any additional comments/feedback
Issue #357 included this request and the suggestion of two new concepts. Earlier Issue #347 had included these concepts but has already been largely closed. I am opening this issue to address only the depreciation of "Sociology of Astronomy".

[BartlettAstro]

This information was provided in Issue #357

continuing the conversation from #347 , which was closed as the majority items were addressed in UAT v5.0

Proposal summary:

deprecate "Sociology of astronomy" and merge into "Ethnoastronomy"

add:
Interdisciplinary astronomy > Cultural astronomy >Socio-cultural history of astronomy
Interdisciplinary astronomy > Cultural astronomy >Intercultural astronomy education

"Essentially what I am pointing out is that, on the one hand, from my point of view the interdisciplinary study of the astronomies of contemporary groups (Western or non-Western) should be called ethnoastronomy and is usually designated as such. On the other hand, when a few authors distinguish between socio-astronomy and ethno-astronomy, that distinction ultimately refers to the historical disciplinary distinction between sociology and anthropology. By following this separation, it is assumed that the astronomies of Western societies must be studied differently from the others (analogous to the way in which sociology was supposed to study Western society and anthropology the "others"). But that distinction (beyond the fact that for reasons of academic policy both disciplines are formally separated) was profoundly revised after the decolonial turn after the Second World War. Thanks to this, today it is considered that it is possible to approach socio-anthropologically the study of any human society. That is why it makes no sense to me to introduce in cultural astronomy a separation between socio and ethno astronomy, when in fact it is not a separation that is really used. In conclusion I would only talk about ethnoastronomy."
-- email from Dr. Alejandro López, astronomer and anthropologist, ethnoastronomer, chair of the IAU WG astronomical heritage in danger.

Dr. López wrote to @katieefrey originally.

[BartlettAstro]

@danielchivvis will the terms "Sociology of Astronomy" and its alternate "Astrosociology" be added as alternatives to Ethnoastronomy
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/477 ?
Ethnoastronomy has 1 child
Indigenous Astronomy
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/2367
which should not be affected by this change.

@katieefrey any further thoughts on this one before release 5.1.0?

[BartlettAstro]

Previously associated with two concepts to be added.
Issue #435 [New Concept]: Socio-cultural history of astronomy
Issue #436 [New Concept]: Intercultural astronomy education

[danielchivvis]

Deprecated Concept "Sociology of astronomy". Added "Astrosociology" and "Sociology of astronomy" as Alternative labels to "Ethnoastronomy"