3-0835 RE-ENVISIONING CULTURE: CHALLENGING LEGACIES AND SHIFTING TIDEMARKS IN THE STUDY OF HUMAN DIVERSITY

Thursday, November 17, 2011: 13:45-17:30

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Those involved in mentoring activities, Students, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Amber Wutich (Arizona State University) and Daniel Hruschka (Arizona State University)

Chairs: H Russell Bernard (University of Florida)

Discussants: Carol M Worthman (Emory University)

13:45

Introduction

14:00

Applied Biocultural Studies of Infant and Young Child Caregiver Practices

Daniel W Sellen (University of Toronto)

14:15

Modeling the Relation of Culture, Cognition and Behavior

Norbert O Ross (Vanderbilt University)

14:30

Mechanisms of Cultural Transmission and Why Networks Matter

James Broesch (University of Wisconsin - Madison) and Joseph Henrich (University of British Columbia)

14:45

Social Context and Mate Choice: Shared and Divergent Responses Among the Makushi of Southwestern Guyana

Ryan Schacht (University of California, Davis) and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (UC Davis)

15:00

The Dynamics of Fat Stigma In Women's Interpersonal Judgments

Alexandra A Brewis (Arizona State University) and Amber Wutich (Arizona State University)

15:15

Discussion

15:30

Break

15:45

Cultural Consonance, Genes, and Consciousness

William W Dressler (University of Alabama)

16:00

Cultural Configuration Through Competing Demands of Environmental Risk, Social Integration and Personal Identity

Lawrence M Schell (CEMHD, University at Albany - State University of New York ) and Mia Gallo (CEMHD, University at Albany, State University of New York)

16:15

Tracing Mechanisms of Cultural Evolution: An Experimental Microsociety Study of Social Learning

Helen C Wasielewski (Rutgers University)

16:30

Disentangling Socially Learned Ideas and Behavior: Case Studies of Vaccine Beliefs and Body Ideals

Daniel Hruschka (Arizona State University)

16:45

Social Versus Individual Learning of Prehistoric Material Culture: Patterns In Archaeological Data

Michael J. O'Brien (University of Missouri) and R. Alexander Bentley (Durham University)

17:00

Discussant

Carol M Worthman (Emory University)

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