Call for papers - III International Seminar on Material Culture and Cultural Heritage of Science and Technology

The Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (www.mast.br) is glad to host the 3rd edition of the International Seminar on Material Culture and Cultural Heritage of Science and Technology. Please use the link http://www.mast.br/iiispct/index.html to find more information.

The seminar is open to all interested in the preservation, documentation, history and use of cultural heritage of science and technology, understood in a wide spectrum, including scientific and technological knowledge produced by man, and all those objects (including paper documents), archaeological and ethnographic collections, and specimens of biological collections that are testimonies of scientific processes and technological development. It will take place between 24 and 26 November 2014, at the MAST auditorium, Rua General Bruce, 586 - São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The texts of conferences, round tables and papers selected for oral presentation will be made available in full via electronic proceedings.

Papers may be presented in two forms: oral contributions (20 minutes + 5 min discussion) or poster papers. Oral presentations will be in English or Portuguese (duration: 25 min). Posters may be also presented in English and Portuguese and should be A1 (594mm × 841mm), portrait format.
       
Deadlines: 
Submission of Abstracts: until May 30, 2014.
Early Registration: until August 30, 2014.
Complete selected papers for publication: until September 30, 2014.