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Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology
eBook - A Critical Synthesis, Methodology & History in Anthropology
ISBN/EAN: 9780857459947
Umbreit-Nr.: 1999089
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 392 S.
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.08.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
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Format: EPUB
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- Zusatztext
- <p> The concept of "cultural transmission" is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations. Yet, what is understood by the phrase and how it might best be studied is highly contested. This book brings together contributions that reflect the current diversity of approaches - from the fields of biology, primatology, palaeoanthropology, psychology, social anthropology, ethnobiology, and archaeology - to examine social and cultural transmission from a range of perspectives and at different scales of generalization. The comprehensive introduction explores some of the problems and connections. Overall, the book provides a timely synthesis of current accounts of cultural transmission in relation to cognitive process, practical action, and local socio-ecological context, while linking these with explanations of longer-term evolutionary trajectories.</p>
- Kurztext
- The concept of &quote;cultural transmission&quote; is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations. Yet, what is understood by the phrase and how it might best be studied is highly contested. This book brings together contributions that reflect the current diversity of approaches - from the fields of biology, primatology, palaeoanthropology, psychology, social anthropology, ethnobiology, and archaeology - to examine social and cultural transmission from a range of perspectives and at different scales of generalization. The comprehensive introduction explores some of the problems and connections. Overall, the book provides a timely synthesis of current accounts of cultural transmission in relation to cognitive process, practical action, and local socio-ecological context, while linking these with explanations of longer-term evolutionary trajectories.
- Autorenportrait
- <p><b>Roy Ellen</b>is Professor of Anthropology and Human Ecology at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His recent publications include<i>On the Edge of the Banda Zone</i> (University of Hawaii Press, 2003),<a href="http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=EllenCategorical"><i>The Categorical Impulse: Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behavior</i></a> (Berghahn Books, 2006), and<i>Nuaulu Religious Practices: The Frequency and Reproduction of Rituals in a Moluccan Society</i> (KITLV Press, 2012). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a member of its Council. He was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute between 2007 and 2011.</p>