Mode and Tempo in Technological Change
December 2nd, 2011
1pm - 4pm
Royce Hall 306
reception to follow
In the past, the question of technological change has been approached from many different directions, in different disciplines and with diverse tools. But these days, the language of evolutionary theory is more and more often used to make sense of it. Archaeologists, economists, sociologists and biologists have all found new ways to ask sophisticated questions about the role of technology in human life and the way it changes over long and short time scales. This symposium will present a conversation across several disciplines exploring current research on technological change and the uses of evolutionary theory.
Cultural Evolution
Robert Boyd
Anthropology, UCLA
Economic and Organizational Change
Johann Peter Murmann
Australian School of Business of the University of New South Wales
Phylogenetics
Michael Alfaro
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
Discussion
James Griesemer