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#139 Culture and Tradition

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November 20, 2011 · 6 Comments

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This week, we’re featuring a panel discussion on the origins and influence of tradition, with biological anthropologist Greg Laden, science education researcher Marie-Claire Shanahan, and primatologist Eric Michael Johnson. We’ll discuss where traditions come from, why some endure and some fade, and whether they appear in non-human populations. (Ethnomusicologist Kyra Gaunt-Palmer was unable to join us.)

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  1. [...] Skeptically Speaking Episode #139: Culture and Tradition [...]

    by Who is the traditional right type of person for science? « Boundary Vision · on November 20, 2011 at 4:31 pm

  2. Has any of you read the book, “When They Severed Earth From Sky” by Barber and Barber? If so, what did you think of the book?

    by Sterling · on November 20, 2011 at 6:40 pm

  3. Hello!

    First of all, I enjoyed this episode tremendously. As an aspiring cultural/linguistic anthropologist, I felt the panel would have been complete with a cultural anthropologist! Bummed that didn’t happen, but overall the talk was great! Thanks for another brain stimulating episode.

    Priscilla

    by Priscilla · on November 21, 2011 at 4:13 pm

  4. Thanks for your comment, Priscilla. It’s a big topic, and we were trying to focus on some maybe less obvious aspects. I’m glad you enjoyed the discussion!

    by K.O. Myers · on November 23, 2011 at 4:11 pm

  5. [...] Get Drunk, Too: Cultures and Traditions 35.738218 127.841252 Share this:ShareEmailRedditPrintDiggLinkedInStumbleUponTwitterFacebookLike [...]

    by Rearrange This! (11-29-11) | Rearranging Prejudices · on November 28, 2011 at 10:18 pm

  6. Priscilla, we had planned to have Kyra Gaunt-Palmer, but she could not do it. I also originally wanted to have Iain Davidson, but he was travelling.

    But may be this show will become a tradition and we can do it again!

    by Greg Laden · on November 29, 2011 at 7:12 pm




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