{"id":22,"date":"2024-04-04T04:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T01:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cultevol\/workshop-tehrani\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T04:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T01:00:40","slug":"workshop-tehrani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/cultevol\/workshop-tehrani\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop by Jamie Tehrani"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phylomemetics \u2013 The Descent with Modification of Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part 1. Lecture
<\/strong>10:15-12:15
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Phylogenetic methods were originally developed to study the evolutionary relationships among biological species, but in recent years have been adopted by a growing number of researchers in the humanities and social sciences to investigate the historical development of cultural traditions. Following the convention of referring to elements of cultural transmission as \u201cmemes\u201d, Howe and Windram propose the term \u201cphylomemetics\u201d to describe this research. In this lecture I will present case studies that demonstrate how phylomemetics has been applied to ask various kinds of questions of various kinds of cultural traditions. I will also discuss some of the controversies and criticisms of the approach, and invite participants to consider the similarities and differences between biological and cultural evolution.<\/p>\n

Suggested readings
<\/strong><\/em>Howe, C. J., Windram, H. F. 2011. Phylomemetics\u2014Evolutionary Analysis beyond the Gene<\/a>. PLoS Biol<\/em> 9(5): e1001069
Tehrani, J. J. 2010. The past and future of the evolutionary taxonomy of cultures.<\/a> Journal of Evolutionary Psychology<\/em> 8(2): 169\u2013182.
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<\/em><\/strong>Howe, C. J., Windram, H. F. 2011.\u00a0<\/span>Phylomemetics\u2014Evolutionary Analysis beyond the Gene<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>PLoS Biol<\/em>\u00a09(5): e1001069<\/span>
Tehrani, J. 2011. Patterns of evolution in Iranian tribal textiles.<\/a> Evolution: Education and Outreach<\/em> DOI 10.1007\/s12052-011-0345-2<\/p>\n

Part 2. Practical
<\/strong>13:45-15:45<\/p>\n

In this session we will put phylomemetics into practice by analysing a dataset of folktales using the popular (and free!) software programme Mesquite. For this session, you will need laptops<\/strong>, so bring them along.<\/p>\n

Suggested readings
<\/strong><\/em>Tehrani, J. J. (2013). The phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood<\/a>. PloS ONE <\/em>(8).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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