Cultural evolutionary theory and human behavioural ecology offer different, but compatible approaches to understanding human demographic behaviour. For much of their 30 history, these approaches have been deployed in parallel, with few explicit attempts to integrate them empirically. In this paper, we test hypotheses drawn from both approaches to explore how reproductive behaviour responds to c...

This research discusses cultural reproduction in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations and aims to discover the process of novel. The researcher used culture (habitus field concept) theory Pierre-Felix Bourdieu. focuses on that occurred Expectations. data were analyzed using a descriptive qualitative method identify, describe analyze found coding sheet as instrument find out valid data. is ...

In this article I consider "narrative mind reading," the practical capability of inferring the motives that precipitate and underlie the actions of others. Following Jerome Bruner, I argue that this everyday capacity depends on our ability to place action within unfolding narrative contexts. While Bruner has focused on narrative mind reading as a within-culture affair, I look to border situatio...

The research draws on the concept of ‘cultural capital’ as well assumptions critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistics to argue that Covid-19 pandemic may be viewed a global turning point. article explores context means have facilitated transformation cultural capital during coronavirus outbreak. dramatic changes culture been successfully pushed through due public’s incessant exposur...

Abstract: This study presents a systematic review of the research into care practices by African authors with feminist perspective. The question has been developed through strategy known as PICo: participants, phenomenon interest and context. In our case, these are women, feminism practices, sub-Saharan Africa respectively. After process filtering 102 selected articles, twenty studies met inclu...

STUDY QUESTION To what extent do financial, demographic and cultural determinants explain the vast cross-national differences in ART treatments in Europe? SUMMARY ANSWER The normative cultural acceptance of ART is a major driver of ART treatments in Europe, above and beyond differences in country wealth, demographic aspects and religious composition. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY There are vast dif...

The structures of musical rhythm differ between cultures, despite the fact that the ability to entrain movement to musical rhythm occurs in virtually all individuals across cultures. To measure the influence of culture on rhythm processing, we tested East African and North American adults on perception, production, and beat tapping for rhythms derived from East African and Western music. To ass...