Non-human primates (Other Keyword)
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This resource is an application for Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. For centuries, researchers have studied language evolution. Recently, the "Interaction Engine” hypothesis suggested that language arose from our unique social interaction abilities, including face-to-face interaction and cooperative turn-taking. Turn-taking has been suggested to be an ancient mechanism found across the primate order. Although turn-taking studies have been biased towards...
The Monkey Problem of St. Kitts: An Exploration of Problematization in Multi-Species Ethnography (WGF - Dissertation Fieldwork Grant) (2025)
This resource is an application for a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. The green monkeys (Chlorocebus Sabaeus) are considered invasive pests on the island of St. Kitts, introduced as a by-product of trans-Atlantic slave trade, and now differently valued in scientific research, tourism, and conservationism. The increasing frequency of encounters between humans and monkeys, and related food insecurity experienced by both humans and monkeys, combine to create what...
"The primates themselves": Multispecies meaning-making in primate field schools (WGF - Dissertation Fieldwork Grant) (2025)
This resource is an application for a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Building on recent work at the nexus of primatology, science studies, and multispecies anthropology, this research investigates the significance of primate field schools within the discipline of primatology, and more broadly how knowledge is created with nonhumans. Primate field schools are often regarded as an obligatory rite of passage into the world of field primatology, shaping generations...