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Submit Materials Page

This page contains the:

       Astrosociology Curriculum Development Project Bulletin (ACDP) and the

       General Call for Papers Bulletin

Announcements of accepted papers will be noted on this page for a period of time although the contents of these submissions will be posted immediately on the Virtual Library page.  This allows the astrosociological body of literature to grow, subject to review, at a centralized location on the web.

The Submit Materials page also serves several other functions. It contains the various requirements that submitted materials must satisfy in order to be acceptable to Astrosociology.com for consideration. Submissions that do not meet the necessary criteria will be returned without review. At this point, these criteria are confined to requiring the ASA Style format (see below).

Submissions are accepted via regular (snail) mail and as email attachments. Regarding the latter, only documents in the "rich text format" (*.rtf) or the "text format" (.txt) will be accepted. Other formats will be returned (or deleted if the attempt to return the message fails). (The threat of viruses is an unfortunate reality). Receipt of your submission should be acknowledged within five (5) days. If this does not occur, please inform Astrosociology.com of your submission. You may do so via the Contact/Feedback page or the link shown below).

The ASA Style for citations and references is the accepted format for all submissions to Astrosociology.com. The ASA Style Guide may be ordered from the American Sociological Association's official website. Alternatively, other sources can be found on the web including a good version from The Writing Centre at the University College of the Fraser Valley, which includes clear examples for various media and web-based references.

The Astrosociology.com

Curriculum Development

Project (The ACDP)

(Status: open call)

(Participation is open to the entire astrosociological community)

Send ACDP materials (only) to:

or use the mailing address above
and indicate "ACDP Submission."

The ACDP consists of three major interrelated goals.

Goal #1:

development of innovative astrosociological materials
for both existing and new courses within sociology departments
and other departments with courses related to astrosocial phenomena.

Goal #2:
implementation of activities supportive of developing astrosociology
within departments through efforts based on advocacy and educational practice
(resulting in the incorporation of astrosociological materials into existing programs).

Goal #3:
central collection of new astrosociological materials and their distribution
including the sharing of experiences among astrosociology advocates in their own
departments for the benefit of others attempting to introduce astrosociological materials.

For additional details concerning the goals above,
click on this link to go to the ACDP page.

(See the Accepted ACDP Submissions Bulletin below)

Accepted ACDP
Submissions Bulletin

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General
Call for Papers
Bulletin

(Status: open call)

All submissions should cover sociological concepts and principles, and they should include footnotes and references conforming to ASA style requirements (see the link above for details). Accepted submissions will be posted below and on the Virtual Library page.

Send materials to:

Please assist us to develop this intriguing and relevant new field through the

expansion of the body of astrosociological knowledge and its related literature.

Submit your scholarly paper today!

A submitted paper may consider a single issue as listed below or expand its scope to cover more that one issue. The list below represents many of the important astrosociological areas of concentration though it is by no means comprehensive.

• Applied astrosociology (also public, practical
         astrosociology)

• Astrosocial change (cultural & social)

• Astrosocial education

• Astrosocial sector / non-astrosocial sector;
         mutual influences

• Astrosocial phenomena, cultural elements

• Astrosocial phenomena, definition

• Astrosocial phenomena, social impact of

• Astrosociology (as) substantive area

• Astrosociology (relevance / scope)

• Cooperation & conflict in space

• Culture, Earthcentric vs. spacecentric

• Culture (value of space exploration)

• Culture, various implications

• Futures studies relating to outer space

• Groups, impact of specific social groups
         on astrosocial sector / phenomena

• History of astrosocial phenomena (including
         those predating the space age)

• Human social isolation issues

• Institutions, impact on astrosocial sector
         and astrosocial phenomena

• Interplanetary relations (international relations
         in space)

• Material culture / space infrastructure

• Medical astrosociology (the social, cultural,          and ethical implications associated with
         space medicine)

• Military issues in space

• Overview Effect and Related Phenomena

• Private vs. public astrosocial phenomena

• Privatization of space (including relationship
         between private and state organizations)

• Science fiction, influences of

• Social environments (isolated)

• Sociology, discipline's avoidance of space

• Sociology, discipline's potential contributions

• Space, commercialization and privatization

• Space, contributions of (resources, benefits)

• Space age, history and/or extrapolation of
         its future development

• Space law and space policy

• Space migration

• Space societies (colonies and settlements),

• Space tourism

• Space programs (state) (e.g., NASA, ESA)

• Space sciences (including astrobiology,
         SETI, astronomy, astrophysics)

• Space sciences, solving social problems

• Space technology, effects on society

• Spacefaring society, continuum of societal
         forms based on relationship to space

• Spacefaring society, social patterns (models)

• Spacefaring society vs. space capable
         society

(These topics are derived from discussions found in the two parts of the Inaugural Essay).

Accepted Paper
Submissions Bulletin

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