Tradition and invention: The bifocal stance theory of cultural evolution
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22000383
Abstract: Abstract Cultural evolution depends on both innovation (the creation of new cultural variants by accident or design) and high-fidelity transmission (which preserves our accumulated knowledge and allows the storage of normative conventions). What is required… read more here.
Keywords: cultural evolution; tradition; stance theory; bifocal stance ... See more keywords
Bifocal stance theory, the transmission metaphor, and institutional reality
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22001169
Abstract: Abstract Biologists have replaced the metaphor of “genetic transmission” with a detailed account of the molecular mechanisms underlying the phenomenon which Darwin referred to as “like produces like.” Cultural evolution theorists, in contrast, continue to… read more here.
Keywords: metaphor institutional; theory transmission; transmission metaphor; transmission ... See more keywords
Creativity and tradition: Music and bifocal stance theory
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22001212
Abstract: Abstract We argue that music can serve as a time-sensitive lens into the interplay between instrumental and ritual stances in cultural evolution. Over various timescales, music can switch between pursuing an end goal or not,… read more here.
Keywords: music; creativity tradition; music bifocal; tradition music ... See more keywords
Considering individual differences and variability is important in the development of the bifocal stance theory
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22001248
Abstract: Abstract Jagiello and colleagues offer a bifocal stance theory of cultural evolution for understanding how individuals flexibly choose between instrumental and ritual stances in social learning. We argue that the role of culture, developmental age-related… read more here.
Keywords: considering individual; individual differences; differences variability; stance theory ... See more keywords
On the evolutionary origins of the bifocal stance
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22001273
Abstract: Abstract In this commentary we advance Jagiello et al.'s proposal by zooming in on the possible evolutionary origins of the “bifocal stance” that may have enabled a major transition in human cultural evolution, arguing that… read more here.
Keywords: bifocal stance; stance; evolutionary origins; origins bifocal ... See more keywords
Bifocal stance theory: An effort to broaden, extend, and clarify
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x2200173x
Abstract: Abstract The bifocal stance theory (BST) of cultural evolution has prompted a wide-ranging discussion with broadly three aims: to apply the theory to novel contexts; to extend the conceptual framework; to offer critical feedback on… read more here.
Keywords: theory; effort broaden; theory effort; stance theory ... See more keywords