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SUMMARY:Towards a socially conscious evolutionary science of culture - Azi
 ta Chellappoo PhD candidate\, Department of History & Philosophy of Scienc
 e\, Wolfson College
DTSTART:20190227T130000Z
DTEND:20190227T140000Z
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CONTACT:Graham Allen
DESCRIPTION:\nCurrent work in the field of cultural evolution aims to set 
 itself apart from this history\, focusing on the role of social learning b
 iases in generating population-level patterns\, and trying to separate not
 ions of selection from notions of progress. However\, Azita will show that
  these approaches can still feed into existing structures of oppression\, 
 through the downplaying of human agency\, and through reliance on the cons
 truction of the 'Other' in their thinking. \n\nShe will offer reasons for 
 taking the potential social and political consequences of contemporary cul
 tural evolution research seriously\, and suggest ways in which we can work
  towards a more socially and politically conscious evolutionary approach t
 o culture.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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