Divergent Cultural Environment – Translator Authenticity

Divergent Cumulative Cultural Evolution

Divergent cumulative cultural evolution occurs when the cultural evolutionary trajectory diverges from the biological evolutionary trajectory. We consider the conditions under which divergent cumulative cultural evolution can occur. We hypothesize that two conditions are necessary. First that genetic and cultural information are stored separately in the agent. Second cultural information must b...

Authenticity in a Digital Environment May 2000

Cultural effects of authenticity: contested heritage practices in China

In this study, I analyse how the Chinese Government imposes the concept of authenticity on local heritage practices in the process of heritage nomination, conservation and management. Rather than discussing authenticity as an objective criterion, I approach authentication as a social process in the heritage discourse that impacts on local cultural practice. Through illustrating two cases in Chi...

Adifor Working Note #5: Adifor: Automatic Diierentiation in a Source Translator Environment Adifor: Automatic Diierentiation in a Source Translator Environment

The numerical methods employed in the solution of many scientiic computing problems require the computation of derivatives of a function f : R n ! R m. ADIFOR (Automatic Diierentiation In FORtran) is a source transformation tool that accepts Fortran 77 code for the computation of a function and writes portable Fortran 77 code for the computation of the derivatives. In contrast to previous appro...

Cultural Authenticity and the Impacts of Cultural Tourism in Malaysian Borneo