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Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology

A Critical Synthesis
Methodology & History in Anthropology, Band 26 1. Aufl.

von: Roy Ellen, Stephen J. Lycett, Sarah E. Johns
38,99 €
Verlag:	Berghahn Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	01.08.2013
ISBN/EAN:	9780857459947
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	392

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures List of Tables Preface List of Contributors
 Introduction Roy Ellen and Michael Fischer
 Chapter 1. What Animals Other Than Primates can tell us about Cultural Transmission Kevin Laland, Alice Cowie and Tom Morgan
 Chapter 2. Cultural Transmission in Non-human Primates: Definitions and Evidence Tatyana Humle and Nicholas Newton-Fisher
 Chapter 3. Cultural Transmission Theory and fossil Hominin Behaviour: A Discussion of Epistemological and Methodological Strengths Stephen Lycett 
 Chapter 4. Studying Cultural Transmission Within an Interdisciplinary Cultural Evolutionary Framework Alex Mesoudi 
 Chapter 5. Do Transmission Isolation Mechanisms (TRIMS) Influence Cultural Evolution? Evidence from Patterns of Textile Diversity Within and Between Iranian Cultural Jamshid Tehrani and Mark Collard
 Chapter 6. Co-evolution Between Bentwood Box Traditions and Languages on the Pacific Northwest Coast Sean O'Neill 
 Chapter 7. The Transmission of Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Skills Among Tsimane’ in the Bolivian Amazon Viki Reyes-Garcia and TAPS Bolivian Study Team 
 Chapter 8. Processual Perspectives on Traditional Knowledge: Continuity, Erosion, Transformation, Innovation Stanford Zent
 Chapter 9. The Transmission of Basketry-making Knowledge in East Kalimantan Rajindra Puri 
 Chapter 10. On the Transmission of Gardening Knowledge: Innovation and Consensus in the Planting of Allotment Vegetables Simon Platten
 Chapter 11. Thinking Like a Cheese?: An Exploration of the Ecology of Knowledge in Artisan Cheesemaking Harry West 
 Chapter 12. Lineages of Cultural Transmission Stephen Shennan
 Index

Autorenportrait

Roy Ellen is Professor of Anthropology and Human Ecology at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His recent publications include On the Edge of the Banda Zone (University of Hawaii Press, 2003), <a href="http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=EllenCategorical">The Categorical Impulse: Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behavior</a> (Berghahn Books, 2006), and Nuaulu Religious Practices: The Frequency and Reproduction of Rituals in a Moluccan Society (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.