Conveners
P.2.3. Cross-Cultural-ness of Astronomical Instrumentation Reconsidered
- Afra Akyol
- Silke Ackermann & Taha Yasin Arslan
- Beyzanur Topçuoğlu
- Feyzanur Şaşmaz Akyüz
Description
Chair: Taha Yasin Arslan
Ms
Afra Akyol
(Istanbul Medeniyet University (Türkiye)), Ms
Beyzanur Topçuoğlu
(Istanbul Medeniyet University), Mrs
Feyzanur Şaşmaz Akyüz
(Istanbul Medeniyet University), Dr
Silke Ackermann
(History of Science Museum, Oxford), Dr
Taha Yasin Arslan
(Istanbul Medeniyet University)
17/09/2025, 14:30
Organised panels
History of science was often used as an arena for creating disassociation between regions and/or periods. This was mostly spearheaded by scholars who focused on only one side of the story, usually with an ideological perspective. The concept of ‘Islamic science’ is one of the outcomes of this endeavour. Although it sounds quite promotive of the religion of Islam, it creates a hidden but firm...
