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A New Naming Convention for Andean Khipus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 February 2024
Abstract
Since the 1970s, hundreds of khipus—Andean knotted-string recording devices—have been named after academic researchers. This practice disassociates individual khipus from their places of origin and reifies scientific inequity. Here, a new convention of the form KH#### (e.g., KH0125) is proposed, which we believe represents a more neutral, direct, and accurate nomenclature. The change is implemented in the Open Khipu Repository (OKR), the largest khipu database.
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Desde la década de 1970, cientos de quipus —implementos andinos de registro de cuerdas anudadas— han recibido el nombre de investigadores académicos. Esta práctica disocia los quipus individuales de sus lugares de origen y contribuye a la desigualdad científica. Aquí se propone una nueva convención de la forma KH#### (por ejemplo, KH0125), que creemos representa una nomenclatura más neutral, directa y precisa. El cambio se implementa en el Open Khipu Repository (OKR), la mayor base de datos de quipu.
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