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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Transdisciplinary approaches toward resolving the Austronesian problem\, speaker Hugo Reyes Centeno
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nDespite consensus on the movement of peoples from mainland Asia to Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific over the past five thousand years\, the mode of dispersal and biocultural change remains highly contested. \nWhile some hypotheses posit Austronesian-speaking agriculturalists rapidly dispersing via Taiwan\, other scenarios postulate\, for example\, additional dispersal routes\, the gradual and uneven adoption of agricultural practices\, and dynamic language borrowing. \nThis talk will introduce current debates on the Austronesian problem\, critically synthesising models developed from linguistic\, archaeological\, and genetic lines of evidence. In addition\, it will draw on original fieldwork harnessing archaeological data collected from the Philippines to draw attention to the uneven sampling problem still affecting transdisciplinary studies of the human past in Southeast Asia and Oceania. \n \nHugo Reyes Centeno is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology\, University of Kentucky and the current Human Past SCAS Senior Fellow.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-transdisciplinary-approaches-toward-resolving-the-austronesian-problem-speaker-hugo-reyes-centeno/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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SUMMARY:Open lecture: Jakten på ordens ursprung\, with Jenny Larsson
DESCRIPTION:Jakten på ordens ursprung \n \n(lecture in Swedish) \nVar kommer våra ord ifrån och vad kan de avslöja om människans förhistoria? Språkhistorikern Jenny Larsson tar oss med på en resa bakåt i tiden\, där ord och språk fungerar som ledtrådar till hur människor levde\, tänkte och rörde sig för tusentals år sedan. Genom att förena språkliga\, arkeologiska och genetiska spår söker forskningen svar på hur våra språk uppstod\, spreds och förändrades. \nOBS! registration required.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/open-lecture-jakten-pa-ordens-ursprung-with-jenny-larsson/
LOCATION:Kulturhuset stadsteatern\, Sergels Torg\, Stockholm\, 111 57\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:SCAS seminar with Hugo Reyes Centeno: Genomic and Archaeological Insights on the Expansion of Austronesian Speakers into Island Southeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study seminars
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-with-hugo-reyes-centeno-genomic-and-archaeological-insights-on-the-expansion-of-austronesian-speakers-into-island-southeast-asia/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: REAL game – Reimagining algorithmic futures: 63 cards for thinking differently about algorithmic systems\, with Julia Velkova
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nREAL (REimagining ALgorithmic futures) is a card deck designed to inspire and provoke thinking about algorithmic systems and how they shape human lives\, society and potential futures. The cards aim to stimulate thinking and conversations about the values embedded in algorithmic systems\, as well as their social and technological implications. They advocate for a more inclusive dialogue concerning varied algorithmic futures. \nIdeally\, participants should have a specific case from their work that directly involves a digital or algorithmic system. This case might include planning or implementing digital or algorithmic systems\, applying humanities methods in field research\, or engaging with digital infrastructure. The case should be relevant to your professional context and serve as a basis for workshop activities.\n  \n \nJulia Velkova is a professor of Media and Culture\, Linköping University\, Pro Futura Scientia Fellow\, SCAS and Research Affiliate\, Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab\, University of California\, Santa Barbara.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-real-game-reimagining-algorithmic-futures-63-cards-for-thinking-differently-about-algorithmic-systems-with-julia-velkova/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Discussion pre-print:\n\nDelbrassine\, H.\, Mezzavilla\, M.\, Vallini\, L. et al. Worldwide patterns in mythology echo the human expansion out of Africa\, bioRxiv 2025.01.24.634692; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.24.634692\n\nAbstract\nSimilarities between geographically distant mythological and folkloric traditions have been noted for a long time. With the elaboration of large banks of data describing the presence and absence of narrative motifs around the world\, scholars have been able to statistically investigate their potential routes and mechanisms of diffusion. However\, despite genetic data allowing for increasingly refined demographic movement inferences\, few have integrated it into their models\, and none at a global scale. In this work\, we capitalise on the augmenting availability of modern and ancient genetic data and on Yuri E. Berezkin’s database of more than 2000 mythological motifs worldwide to investigate the mechanisms involved in generating their present-day distribution at a global scale. The direct combination of both kinds of evidence allows us to explore in more depth the respective influences of population movement and replacement versus cultural diffusion on motif transmission. Our results show that both processes have played important roles in shaping their present-day distribution. By leveraging available ancient DNA (aDNA) and deepening the temporal scale of the detected signals\, we reveal that correlations between mythemes and genetic patterns can be traced back to population movements that pre-date the Last Glacial Maximum and go back to at least 38\,000 years ago\, and possibly even earlier to the human expansion out of Africa some 60\,000 years ago. Our work shows the earliest evidence for the transmission of stories and storytelling in human history\, and supports the joint use of cultural evolutionary theory and population genetics to illuminate the biocultural processes that shaped our species.\n\nModerators: Hugo Reyes Centeno & Jenny Larsson
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-4/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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