Interviews
Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age
Cultured Scene interviews Alberto Acerbi about his new book, Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age.
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Why experiments are stupid but we need more of them
Most of us are excited about social learning in the real world. How do the dolphins of Shark Bay learn to fish with sponges, do chimpanzee mothers teach their young how to crack open nuts, can starting moves in the […]
Events, Places and People
Faces of ESLR: Michael Chimento
Our new series will highlight the work of different ESLR society members. Today, we hear from Michael Chimento, a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, about his research.
Events, Places and People
Faces of ESLR: Alba Motes-Rodrigo
Our new series will highlight the work of different ESLR society members. Today, we hear from Alba Motes-Rodrigo, a PhD student at the University of Tübingen, about her work.
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Of sharks and their ability to learn from others
Catarina Vila Pouca spoke to Cultured Scene about her findings on social learning in juvenile Port Jackson sharks that have been published in Animal Behaviour earlier this year.
Featured Interviews Research during a Pandemic
A tribe of poets answered me
An unfortunate side effect of undertaking a PhD is that hobbies are often left by the wayside. We have every intention of carrying them with us on our long and winding academic roads, but somehow they fall from our pockets. By the time we have noticed, the hike back to them can appear too arduous to be worth the effort.
Featured Interviews Research during a Pandemic
The ‘art’ of keeping sane: a PhD caught in a pandemic
To think that a month ago, I lived happily amidst a few people, starting my days early in the sticky warmth of tropical sunshine, enjoying cups of chai, watching for birds, picking up and playing with wind-dispersed seeds. All of […]
Featured Interviews Research during a Pandemic
Fieldwork in times of Corona
Like everything about this global crisis, this winter’s field trip was two parts surreal, one part seemingly arbitrary decisions. The surreal yolk was, and is, the tension between reality and my lived experience, between daily news and my own comforts, […]
Featured Interviews
The Single Body Problem
You might have heard of the Two Body Problem. In this essay, Dr Lauren Robinson discusses the challenges of the Single Body Problem.
Featured Interviews
Forager Child Studies: An Interdisciplinary Research Collective
Forager Child Studies is a research collective founded by early-career researchers. Cultured Scene interviewed some of its members to find out more about FCS’s goals and achievements.