Human and Non-Human Cultures | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)

Event Date (Pacific Time):

Friday, Oct 2, 2009 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Venue:

Estancia - Magnolia Room

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Speakers	Media	Session
Margaret Schoeninger		Welcome
James Moore		Opening Remarks
Donald Brown		Human Universals: How and Where They Differ
Rupert Stasch		Cultural Reflexivity in Human Cultures
Susan Perry		Social Learning and Traditions in Wild Capuchin Monkeys
Timothy Wright		The Psittacine Diaspora: Vocal Dialects in Wild Parrots
Peter Tyack		Vocal Learning in Dolphins and Parrots
Hal Whitehead		Cultures of the Open Ocean: The Sperm Whale
Andrew Whiten		The Cultural Worlds of Child and Chimpanzee
Jonathan Friedman		The Cultural as Emergent Order: What Francois Jacob tells Claude Levi-Strauss
Margaret Schoeninger		Closing Remarks
Pascal Gagneux Ajit Varki		Matrix of Comparative Anthropogeny (MOCA) NOTE: In February of 2012, the name "Museum of Comparative Anthropogeny" was renamed "Matrix of Comparative Anthropogeny" to more accurately reflect this project's main goal--to generate insights and develop new ways of thinking about anthropogeny.