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| Tuesday-Thursday 15-17 April 2008
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| Agenda
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| Session 1
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| Tuesday morning, April 15
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| 8:15 Hotel Santa Fe shuttle bus to SFI
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| 8:15 Sandia Shuttle bus from SAR to SFI
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| 9:00 – 9:20 Marcus Feldman: “Cultural variation and evolution: where the theory and date might go”
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| 9:20 – 9:50 Discussion
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| 9:50 – 10:00 Break
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| 10:00 – 10:20 James Truncer: “Why cultural elaboration? An evolutionary perspective”
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| 10:20 – 10:50 Discussion
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| 10:50 – 11:20 Morning break
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| 11:20 – 11:40 Melissa Brown: “Structural dynamics of cultural variation”
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| 11:40 – 12:10 Discussion
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| 12:15 – 1:50 Buffet Luncheon
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| Session 2
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| Tuesday afternoon, April 15
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| 1:50 – 2:10 John Odling-Smee: “Where does human cultural niche construction fit in?”
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| 2:10 – 2:40 Discussion
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| 2:40 – 2:50 Break
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| 2:50 – 3:10 Jessica Flack: “Evolutionary construction”
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| 3:10 – 3:40 Discussion
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| 3:40 – 4:10 Afternoon break
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| 4:10 – 4:30 David Krakauer: “Adaptive construction dynamics”
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| 4:30 – 5:00 Discussion
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| 5:00 – Break for the evening
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| 5:15 Sandia Shuttle bus to SAR
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| 5:30 – 7:00 SAR Reception
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| 7:00 Sandia Shuttle bus to Hotel Santa Fe
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| Session 3
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| Wednesday morning, April 16
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| 8:15 Hotel Santa Fe shuttle bus to SFI
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| 8:15 Sandia Shuttle bus from SAR to SFI
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| 9:00 – 9:20 Paul Ehrlich: “Some thoughts on cultural evolution”
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| 9:20 – 9:50 Discussion
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| 9:50 – 10:20 Morning break
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| 10:20 – 10:40 Laurent Lehmann: “Altruism and the cultural structure of populations”
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| 10:40 – 11:10 Discussion
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| 11:10 – 12:15 Open break
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| 12:15 – 1:50 Buffet luncheon
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| Session 4
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| Wednesday afternoon, April 16
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| 1:50 – 2:10 George Gumerman: “Demography, social complexity and cultural evolution”
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| 2:10 – 2:40 Discussion
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| 2:40 – 2:50 Break
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| 2:50 – 3:10 Walter Scheidel: “Cultural evolution and the historian:
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| 3:10 – 3:40 Discussion
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| 3:40 – 4:10 Afternoon break
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| 4:10 – 4:30 Henry Wright: Abstract Pending
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| 4:30 – 5:00 Discussion
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| 5:00 Break for evening
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| 5:15 Hotel Santa Fe shuttle bus to hotel
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| 5:15 Sandia Shuttle bus to SAR
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| 6:45 Sandia Shuttle bus from SAR to Ristra Restaurant
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| (Hotel Santa Fe guests to walk to Ristra Restaurant)
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| 7:00 RISTRA Dinner
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| 9:15 Sandia Shuttle bus to SAR
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| (Hotel Santa Fe guests walk back to hotel)
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| Session 5
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| Thursday morning, April 17
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| 8:15 Hotel Santa Fe shuttle bus to SFI
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| 8:15 Sandia Shuttle bus from SAR to SFI
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| 9:00 – 9:20 Daniel Hruschka: “Modeling cultural change: What can we learn from language?”
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| 9:20 – 9:50 Discussion
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| 9:50 – 10:00 Break
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| 10:00 – 10:20 Deborah Rogers: “Feedback and linkages in the cultural system”
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| 10:20 – 10:50 Discussion
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| 10:50 – 11:20 Morning break
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| 11:20 – 11:40 Stephen Lansing: “The domain of the replicators: cultural evolution and the neutral theory”
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| 11:40 – 12:10 Discussion
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| 12:10 – 12: 15 Break
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| 12:15 – 1:45 Buffet Luncheon
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| Session 6
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| Thursday afternoon, April 17
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| 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.
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| 1:45 – 2:05 James Truncer
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| 2:05 – 2:25 Discussion
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| 2:25 – 2:30 Break
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| 2:30 – 2:50 Daniel Hruschka
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| 2:50 – 3:10 Discussion
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| 3:10 – 3:35 Afternoon break
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| 3:35 – 3:55 Jessica Flack
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| 3:55 – 4:15 Discussion
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| 4:15 – 4:20 Break
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| 4:20 – 4:40 Melissa Brown
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| 4:40 – 5:00 Discussion
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| 5:00 End of workshop, break for evening
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| 5:15 Hotel Santa Fe shuttle bus to hotel
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| 5:15 Sandia Shuttle bus to SAR
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