The Role of Variation in Cultural Change - Agenda

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TIME	ACTIVITY
	Session 1 - Tuesday morning, April 15th
8:15	Hotel Santa Fe shuttle bus to SFI
8:15	Sandia Shuttle bus from SAR to SFI
9:00 - 9:20	Marcus Feldman: “Cultural variation and evolution: where the theory and date might go”
9:20 - 9:50	Discussion
9:50 - 10:00	Break
10:00 - 10:20	James Truncer: “Why cultural elaboration? An evolutionary perspective”
10:20 - 10:50	Discussion
10:50 - 11:20	Morning Break
11:20 - 11:40	Melissa Brown: “Structural dynamics of cultural variation”
11:40 - 12:10	Discussion
12:15 - 1:50	Buffet Luncheon
	Session 2 - Tuesday afternoon, April 15th
1:50 - 2:10	John Odling-Smee: “Where does human cultural niche construction fit in?”
2:10 - 2:40	Discussion
2:40 - 2:50	Break
2:50 - 3:10	Jessica Flack: “Evolutionary construction”
3:10 - 3:40	Discussion
3:40 - 4:10	Afternoon Break
4:10 - 4:30	David Krakauer: “Adaptive construction dynamics”
4:30 - 5:00	Discussion
5:00	Break for the evening
5:15	Sandia Shuttle bus to SAR
5:30 - 7:00	SAR Reception
7:00	Sandia Shuttle bus to Hotel Santa Fe
	Session 3 - Wednesday morning, April 16th
8:15	Hotel Santa Fe shuttle bus to SFI
8:15	Sandia Shuttle bus from SAR to SFI
9:00 - 9:20	Paul Ehrlich: “Some thoughts on cultural evolution”
9:20 - 9:50	Discussion
9:50 - 10:20	Morning break
10:20 - 10:40	Laurent Lehmann: “Altruism and the cultural structure of populations”
10:40 - 11:10	Discussion
11:10 - 12:15	Open Break
12:15 - 1:50	Buffet Luncheon
	Session 4 - Wednesday afternoon, April 16th
1:50 - 2:10	George Gumerman: “Demography, social complexity and cultural evolution”
2:10 - 2:40	Discussion
2:40 - 2:50	Break
2:50 - 3:10	Walter Scheidel: “Cultural evolution and the historian”
3:10 - 3:40	Discussion
3:40 - 4:10	Afternoon Break
4:10 - 4:30	Henry Wright: Abstract Pending
4:30 - 5:00	Discussion
5:00	Break for the evening
5:15	Sandia Shuttle bus to SAR
6:45	Sandia Shuttle bus from SAR to Ristra Restaurant (Hotel Santa Fe guests to walk to Ristra Restaurant)
7:00	RISTRA Dinner
9:15	Sandia Shuttle bus to SAR (Hotel Santa Fe guests walk back to hotel)
	Session 5 - Thursday morning, April 17th
8:15	Hotel Santa Fe shuttle bus to SFI
8:15	Sandia Shuttle bus from SAR to SFI
9:00 - 9:20	Daniel Hruschka: “Modeling cultural change: What can we learn from language?”
9:20 - 9:50	Discussion
9:50 - 10:00	Break
10:00 - 10:20	Deborah Rogers: “Feedback and linkages in the cultural system”
10:20 - 10:50	Discussion
10:50 - 11:20	Morning Break
11:20 - 11:40	Stephen Lansing: “The domain of the replicators: cultural evolution and the neutral theory”
11:40 - 12:10	Discussion
12:10 - 12:15	Break
12:15 - 1:45	Buffet Luncheon
	Session 6 - Thursday afternoon, April 17th
	Individuals in this session will identify key issues raised in the workshop for future directions in research on cultural change, followed by a discussion open to all participants. These syntheses and discussions are aimed at guiding publication of the workshop.
1:45 - 2:05	James Truncer
2:05 - 2:25	Discussion
2:25 - 2:30	Break
2:30 - 2:50	Daniel Hruschka
2:50 - 3:10	Discussion
3:10 - 3:35	Afternoon Break
3:35 - 3:55	Jessica Flack
3:55 - 4:15	Discussion
4:15 - 4:20	Break
4:20 - 4:40	Melissa Brown
4:40 - 5:00	Discussion
5:00	End of Workshop, break for evening
5:15	Hotel Santa Fe Shuttle bus to hotel
5:15	Sandia Shuttle bus to SAR