BEC is pleased to co-sponsor the following event with The American Indian Studies Center, the Institute for Society and Genetics, and the Culture, Power, and Social Change Group. Note special day and time and Zoom link: Thursday, May 13, 12:15 to 1:45 PST - https://ucla.zoom.us/j/97160150930 Kim TallBear Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment […]
Manvir Singh, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse Human societies reliably develop “cultural super-attractors”, or complex practices and beliefs that exhibit striking similarities. In this talk, I will present research on the nature and origins of three religious super-attractors: shamanism, religious self-denial, and beliefs in supernatural punishment. These cultural practices appeared in […]
Paul Smaldino, Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced Identity signals are common components of communication transmissions that inform receivers of the signaler’s membership (or non-membership) in a subset of individuals. Signals can be overt, broadcast to all possible receivers, or covert, encrypted so that only similar receivers are likely to perceive […]
