This research was aimed at determining the ethno-ornithological knowledge of three Mushere villages close to the Dulu Forest, Nigeria to determine whether this might hold potential for developing a local conservation programme to protect the forest. The conservation objective of the research was aimed at determining the drivers of forest degradation, and possible means of mitigation. Using a mixed method approach, quantitative/qualitative data were collected in two years from different demographics (men, women, children, age differentials, occupation, urbanization). Oral interviews, semi-structured interviews, picture elicitation tasks, free-listing exercises and focus group discussions were employed in the data collection process. The findings revealed a relatively low ethno-ornithological knowledge, and a general indifference (ornitho-apatheia) towards birds. Knowledge transmission was predominantly through oral means while TEK acquisition was mainly through vertical and horizontal methods. While adults perceived birds as not valuable, children generally perceived birds as valuable. Cultural utilization and ecological salience were the main drivers of bird naming and knowledge. However, there was a high valuing of the Dulu forest, with the main drivers of the forest degradation being timber extraction. Overall, I concluded that the indifference of the Mushere towards birds revealed a lack of cultural appreciation of birds, leading to little TEK of birds, insufficient to encourage the use of TEK of birds in the conservation of the Dulu forest, and the use of birds as flagship domain for promoting conservation. However, a sustained approach towards encouraging birding activities could improve the perception of birds. I therefore suggest using an ecosystem approach in the conservation of the Dulu forest. Engaging the locals in dialogue, establishing a leadership structure for the management of the Dulu forest, providing alternative means of livelihoods are suggested as ways of mitigating the degradation of the Dulu forest.

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O presente estudo propôs uma análise comparativa de narrativas em museus de história natural com o intuito de identificar e quantificar o uso de informações sobre comportamento animal em contexto evolutivo. Uma etapa inicial foi de levantamento de caracteres para a elaboração de uma matriz de dados onde eles foram codificados. As informações textuais foram obtidas por meio de imagens (fotografias e vídeos) dos painéis e demais elementos narrativos ou de arquivos de texto cedidos pelas instituições estudadas. As fotos foram montadas de acordo com o trajeto da exposição e organizadas em arquivo word. Os textos foram transcritos e organizados em arquivo word para serem analisados. O presente estudo contribui com uma nova área de pesquisa fornecendo novo conjunto de caracteres (etológicos, expográficos e temáticos) para estabelecer os padrões de abordagem dos caracteres em suas diferentes formas. A metodologia cladística filogenética foi utilizada para estabelecer relações entre as narrativas das exposições estudadas usando caracteres comportamentais. A metodologia foi escolhida por apresentar resultados relevantes para sistemas não organísmicos. Para que esta se torne aplicável é necessário apenas que o sistema esteja sujeito ao algorítimo darwiniano onde um sistema de informação (genética ou simbólica) que apresente variabilidade hereditária (transmissível), dado tempo suficiente, estará sujeito ao processo de seleção que resulta em adaptação do sistema (narrativas) às novas pressões ambientais (culturais). Os resultados encontrados a partir da análise filogenética mostraram baixa frequência de informação quanto à abordagem do tema comportamento em exposições de museus de história natural. Por outro lado, observamos um aumento na complexidade dos recursos utilizados para a abordagem dos temas comportamentais ao longo da árvore encontrada. Esta complexidade, deve-se tanto ao escopo e tema das exposições quanto aos recursos empregados em suas execuções. Desta forma, não surpreende que as exposições Darwin do AMNH (com sua riqueza de recursos) e Etologia do SDM (com sua riqueza de informação comportamental) apareçam neste estudo como grupo-irmão dentro do clado mais derivado da árvore. / The present study was a comparative analysis of narratives in natural history museums in order to identify and quantify the use of information on animal behavior in evolutionary context. An initial step was to gather character to prepare a data matrix where they were coded. The textual information was obtained through images (photos and videos) of the panels and other narrative elements or text files transferred by the researched institutions. The photos were assembled according to the order suggested in the exhibition and organized in word file. The texts were transcribed and organized into word file to be analyzed. The current study contributes to a new area of research providing new set of characters (ethological, expographic and thematic) to establish standards of approach for the characters in their different forms. Phylogenetic cladistic methodology was used to establish relations between the narratives of exhibition using behavioral characters. The methodology was chosen to present relevant results for non-organismic systems. In order to become applicable, the system only needs to be subject to the Darwinian algorithm where an information system (genetic or symbolic) which shows hereditary variability (transmitted), given enough time, will be subject to the selection process that results in the adaptation of the system (narratives) to new environmental pressures (cultural). The results from the phylogenetic analysis showed low frequency of information in the approach to the subject of behavior in exhibitions in the natural history museums. On the other hand, an increase in the complexity of the resourses used in the approach to behavioral issues was observed along the branches of the tree found. This complexity is due both to the scope and theme of the exhibition about the resources applied in their executions. Thus, not surprisingly, the AMNH Darwin exhibition (with its wealth of resources) and Ethology of SDM (with its wealth of behavioral information) appear in this study as sister group within the more derived branch of the tree.

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No. of bitstreams: 3 Gustavo Taboada Soldati1.pdf: 4429431 bytes, checksum: 4db1e556df4347e336fe94fcc8e35b05 (MD5) Gustavo Taboada Soldati2.pdf: 4667278 bytes, checksum: 564bba0ca135f321f3bb0d5a7e2dc40a (MD5) Gustavo Taboada Soldati3.pdf: 2980859 bytes, checksum: ce88793465834891bdb2bfb7c76e06c4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-05 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / The current study falls into the Cultural Evolutionary Theory's theoretical framework, which recognizes culture as cybernetic systems able to shift its traits frequency by following the same darwinian assumptions. The main objective of this study is to understand part of the mechanisms that guarantee medical system's cultural evolution in three social groups with different characteristics. In the first chapter, an analytical description of those Cultural Evolutionary Theory's assumptions, its review and main investigative questions are shown. Still a discussion about research which were concern in understand local ecological knowledge is presented as well as an attempt to attach Cultural Evolutionary Theory and Ethnobotany. In the second chapter, a review about the main methods used to evaluate cultural systems' temporal and special developments by analyzing its principal contributions and limitations is exhibited. By assuming that medical systems are illness factual episodesbased, it is argued that construction of methodologies which are used in knowledge transmission's investigation must be based in the concept of episodic memory. The third chapter presents a general description of cultural and physical contexts from those three actual research partner communities and also highlights characteristics which allow those communities insertion in a social and environmental variability gradient. The fourth chapter analyzes plants local system from a structural point of view and argues that this set of knowledge has an episodic nature. This specific dynamics builds mechanisms that guarantee local knowledge adaptedness, specially for allowing future-focused behaviors which guarantee a better behavioral adequacy. Finally, the fifth chapter analyzes knowledge individual production and transmission of information in the three investigated groups. It was hipothesized that situations within a greater social and environmental variability would stimulate knowledge production and the horizontal way of transmission. However, these two hypothesis were not confirmed by the presented data. It is believed that the medicinal plants dynamics of use, which is based in using security, influences the transmission of knowledge by "how", "when", "whom" and "in what context" it happens. The last chapter, using cladistic analyses, evaluated if different strategies of knowledge transmission produce cognitive systems with different structures. It was found that transfer routes influences the distribution of knowledge but not diversity. Vertical transmission is the process responsible for spatial dynamics of local knowledge of plants. / O presente estudo se insere dentro do arcabouço teórico da Teoria da Evolução Cultural, que reconhece as culturas como sistemas cibernéticos capazes de alterar a frequência de seus traços seguindo as mesmas premissas darwinianas. Seu principal objetivo é compreender parte dos mecanismos que garantem a evolução cultural do sistema médico em três grupos sociais com características distintas. No primeiro capítulo apresenta-se uma descrição analítica dos pressupostos da Teoria da Evolução Cultural, suas críticas e principais perguntas investigativas. Ainda é apresentada uma discussão sobre as pesquisas que se preocuparam em compreender a transmissão do conhecimento ecológico local, bem como uma tentativa de aproximar a Teoria da Evolução Cultural e a Etnobotânica. No Segundo capítulo, é exposta uma revisão dos principais métodos empregados para avaliar o desenvolvimento especial e temporal dos sistemas culturais analisando suas principais contribuições e limitações. Assumindo que os sistemas médicos são baseados em episódios concretos de adoecimento, defende-se que a estruturação das metodologias empregadas para investigação da transmissão do conhecimento deve se basear no conceito de memória episódica. O terceiro capítulo apresenta uma descrição geral dos contextos físico e cultural das três comunidades parceiras da presente pesquisa, evidenciando as características que permitem enquadra-las em um gradiente de variabilidade ambiental e social. O quarto capítulo analisa o sistema local de plantas do ponto de vista estrutural e argumenta que este conjunto de saberes tem uma natureza episódica. Esta dinâmica específica constrói mecanismos que garantem a adaptabilidade do conhecimento local, especialmente por permitir comportamentos voltados ao futuro, os quais garantem uma melhor adequação comportamental. O quinto capítulo analisa a produção individual do conhecimento e a transmissão de informações nos três grupos investigados. Hipotetizou-se que as situações de maior variabilidade ambiental e social estimulariam a produção de conhecimento e a via horizontal de transmissão. Entretanto, estas duas hipóteses não foram corroboradas pelos dados. Acredita-se que a dinâmica de uso das plantas medicinais, que é baseada na segurança de uso, influencia “como”, “quando”, “de quem” e “em qual contexto” os conhecimento são transmitidos. O último capítulo, utilizandose ferramentas cladísticas, avaliou se diferentes estratégias de transmissão de conhecimento produzem sistemas cognitivos com estruturas distintas. Verificou-se que vias de transferência influencia a distribuição do conhecimento, mas não a diversidade. A transmissão vertical foi o processo responsável pela dinâmica espacial do conhecimento local sobre plantas.

O objetivo do presente trabalho é o de promover a comparação de dois contextos arqueológicos no tocante à ocupação por ceramistas Tupiguarani. Trata-se da Zona da Mata mineira, particularmente os sítios pesquisados pela equipe do MAEA-UFJF e o Complexo Lagunar de Araruama, no litoral do Rio de Janeiro, estudado por pesquisadores do Museu Nacional/UFRJ. Por um lado, as áreas apresentam sítios com uma cultura material aparentemente congruente em relação a pinturas e acabamentos plásticos de superfície, inseridos no mesmo período cronológico de ocupação. Por outro, algumas referências etno-históricas revelam a existência de possíveis conexões entre grupos locais Tupinambá situados no litoral e no interior, nos anos iniciais dos contatos com os colonizadores, especificamente, na área de influência do recorte territorial delimitado. Para todos os efeitos, o quadro esboçado configurou um cenário adequado para o teste de hipóteses referentes a processos de transmissão cultural, balizadas pelas conceituações de estilo e função oferecidas por Dunnell (1978). Na prática, isso fomentou a realização de uma diversidade de testes, focados especificamente nos tipos pasta, borda, acabamentos plásticos de superfície e pintura. Ao fim, foi possível demonstrar os vínculos entre os sítios analisados no tempo e no espaço, além de oferecer explicações diacrônicas para a variabilidade e semelhanças detectadas, gestadas no bojo da Arqueologia Evolutiva. / The aim of this work is to promote the comparison on two archaeological contexts regarding the occupation by Tupiguarani potters. It is the Zona da Mata mineira region, particularly the sites researched by MAEA-UFJF team; and the Complexo Lagunar de Araruama, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro, studied by researchers at the Museu Nacional/ UFRJ. On the one hand, these areas have sites with seemingly similar material culture compared to paints and plastics surface finishes, inserted in the same chronological period of settlement. On the other, some ethno-historical references reveal the existence of possible connections between local groups Tupinambá located on the coast and inland in the early years of contacts with the colonizers, specifically in the area of influence of the delimited territorial part. For all intents, the picture outlined above sets up an appropriate scenario for the testing of hypotheses relating to cultural transmission processes, related style and function concepts offered by Dunnell (1978). In practice, it fomented the performing a variety of tests focused specifically on the types of the clay paste, rim and finishing plastic surface and painting. In the end, it was possible to demonstrate the links between the sites analyzed in time and space, besides offering diachronic explanations for the variability and similarities detected, which were gestated in the Evolutionary Archaeology scope.

Choisir un partenaire est une décision importante pour les organismes à reproduction sexuée. Une possibilité est de copier le choix d'autres individus, c'est ce que l'on appelle l'imitation du choix du partenaire, phénomène bien étudié chez les vertébrés, mais peu connu chez les invertébrés. Cette thèse porte sur l'imitation du choix du partenaire chez la drosophile (Drosophila melanogaster). J'ai tout d'abord montré que les femelles pouvaient être influencées dans leur choix par l'observation d'une seule autre femelle et que ceci était corrélé avec la pression atmosphérique. J'ai ensuite étudié si la préférence pour un type de mâle pouvait être transmise au sein de la population. Enfin j'ai commencé un travail exploratoire pour identifier les molécules impliquées dans ce processus d'imitation. Ces résultats montrent que les drosophiles peuvent exprimer des comportements complexes conduisant potentiellement à la transmission culturelle, l'isolement reproductif et la spéciation. / Mate choice is a major fitness-affecting decision in sexually reproducing organisms. A form of mate choice is mate copying, in which females choose potential mates by copying the mate choice of conspecifics. While many studies documented mate copying in vertebrates, little is known about this behaviour in invertebrates. In this thesis, I studied mate copying in Drosophila melanogaster females. I showed that female flies can build a sexual preference for one male characteristic after witnessing a single mate choice event and that the efficiency of mate copying correlates with air pressure and its variations. Then I studied the characteristics of mate copying to see whether a preference for one type of male can be transmitted into the population. Finally I tried to find some molecules that could be involved in this behaviour. These results indicate that fruit flies can express complex behaviour, which can potentially lead to cultural transmission, reproductive isolation and speciation.

Language plays an indispensable role in the transmission, maintenance, and formation of culturally shared beliefs. Yet beliefs about groups, in particular, are shared despite the existence of prohibitive norms that act to inhibit their expression. This apparent incongruity suggests that cultural beliefs become shared through linguistic means other than explicit expression. In support of this, the linguistic bias paradigm proposes that linguistic bias is the implicit and unintentional expression of beliefs through the differential use of linguistic abstraction (Franco & Maass, 1996; Maass, 1999; Maass, Salvi, Arcuri, & Semin, 1989), as defined by the Linguistic Category Model (Semin & Fiedler, 1988). According to this paradigm, linguistic bias not only reveals the speakers’ privately held beliefs but also transmits these beliefs to recipients, leading to belief sharedness. The consequences of exposure to linguistic bias, however, have yet to be shown and this is the aim of the present research program. The first study focuses on belief transmission, by determining if there is a direct causal effect from linguistic abstraction to individual impression formation. Results show that biased language transmits information about individuals but the communication context, specifically whom the message is about, is also important. Given this, it is likely that the content of the message will also affect the reception of biased language. The second study thus focuses on belief maintenance, by considering the relative effects of different levels of linguistic abstraction on pre-existing beliefs. Results were inconclusive, but may have been affected by methodological limitations. The third study addresses these limitations while focusing on belief formation, by measuring the impact of biased language in the absence of pre-existing beliefs. Recipients, in general, formed beliefs that corresponded to the biased language to which they were exposed. Together, these studies suggest that linguistic bias plays a role in belief sharedness as a mechanism through which cultural beliefs are transmitted and formed. Linguistic bias, however, must be understood within the specific communication context, which also independently affects reception.

Важность исследования принципов, методов и стратегий перевода названий блюд китайской кухни на русский язык в последние годы привлекает внимание всё большего числа учёных и специализированных академических учреждений в связи с глобализацией мировой экономики. Этот вид культурной коммуникативной деятельности предполагает не только преобразование языковых символов, но и интеграцию культур. В то время как язык является частью культуры, зарубежное развитие и рост индустрии общественного питания в Китае является важной частью мировой экономической деятельности. Русский перевод названий китайских блюд больше не является чисто литературным переводом текста. В известном смысле это должна быть некоторая внешняя коммуникационная деятельность или даже полноценная внешнеэкономическая деятельность. Качество русского перевода названий китайских блюд во многом напрямую влияет на масштабы и эффективность развития китайской индустрии общественного питания в России. Однако в силу культурных различий и других причин существует множество трудностей с переводом названий китайских блюд на русский язык. Это требует использования необходимых приёмов перевода названий китайских блюд на русский язык, чтобы переведённые названия полностью отражали региональные и национальные особенности китайской кухни. На основе исследования китайского переводчика Бао Хуэйнаня и британского переводчика Taylor по переводу названий блюд в данной статье обобщаются проблемы перевода названий китайских блюд на русский язык. Автор статьи пытается теоретически решить проблемы, возникающие при переводе китайских названий блюд на русский язык. По словам переводчиков Carl и Taylor, поиск подходящего метода перевода для различных ситуаций перевода – лучшая стратегия. Что касается культурных различий, встречающихся при переводе названий китайских блюд на русский язык, рекомендуется, чтобы переводчики рассмотрели и изучили эти две стратегии диалектически, исторически, а не статически и абсолютно. Согласно изложенным выше принципам, мы предлагаем решить проблему перевода названий китайских блюд на русский язык и способы перевода названий блюд. / The relevance of the work. The importance of researching the principles, methods, and strategies for translating the names of Chinese dishes into Russian in recent years has attracted the attention of an increasing number of scientists and specialized academic institutions in connection with the globalization of the world economy. This type of cultural communication activity involves not only the transformation of linguistic symbols but also the integration of cultures. While language is part of the culture, the overseas development, and growth of China's foodservice industry is an important part of global economic activity. The Russian translation of the names of Chinese dishes is no longer a purely literary translation of the text. In a sense, this should be external communication activity or even a full-fledged foreign economic activity. The quality of the Russian translation of the names of Chinese dishes in many ways directly affects the scale and effectiveness of the development of the Chinese catering industry in Russia. However, due to cultural differences and other reasons, there are many difficulties in translating the names of Chinese dishes into Russian. This requires the use of the necessary techniques for translating the names of Chinese dishes into Russian so that the translated names fully reflect the regional and national characteristics of Chinese cuisine. Based on the research of Chinese translator Bao Huinan and British translator Taylor on the translation of dish names, this article summarizes the problems of the translation of Chinese dish names into Russian. The author of this article attempts to find a solution to the problems encountered in translating Chinese dish names into Russian on a theoretical basis. According to translators Carl and Taylor, finding a suitable translation method according to different translation situations is the best strategy. Regarding the cultural differences encountered in translating Chinese dish names into Russian, it is recommended that translators consider and study these two strategies dialectically, historically rather than statically and absolutely. According to the above-mentioned principles, we propose to solve the problem of translation of Chinese dish names into Russian and methods to translate dish names.

La pensée de Nietzsche a joué un rôle déterminant et récurrent dans les discours et les débats qui ont formé et continuent de façonner le domaine de l’histoire de l’art, mais aucune analyse systématique de cette question n’a encore vu le jour. L’influence de Nietzsche a été médiée par divers interlocuteurs, historiens de l’art et philosophes, qui ont encadré ces discussions, en utilisant les écrits du philosophe comme toile de fond de leurs propres idées. Ce mémoire souhaite démontrer que l’impact de Nietzsche dans le champ de l’histoire de l’art existe mais qu’il fut toujours immergé ou éclipsé, particulièrement dans le contexte anglo-américain, l’emphase étant placée sur les médiateurs de ses idées en n’avouant que très peu d’engagement direct avec son œuvre. En conséquence, son importance généalogique pour certains fondateurs de la discipline reste méconnue; sa présence réellement féconde se traduit plutôt comme une absence ou une présence masquée. En vue de démontrer ce propos, nous regardons donc le contexte nietzschéen qui travaille les écrits de certains historiens de l’art, comme Jacob Burckhardt et Aby Warburg, ou des philosophes et d’écrivains ayant marqué la discipline de l’histoire de l’art (plus particulièrement dans le cadre de l’influence de la « French Theory » sur l’histoire de l’art anglo-américaine depuis la fin des années 1970) : Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze et Georges Bataille. Nous examinons certaines voies par lesquelles ses idées ont acquis une pertinence pour l’histoire de l’art avant de proposer les raisons potentielles de leur occlusion ultérieure. Nous étudions donc l’évolution des discours multiples de l’histoire comme domaine d’étude afin de situer la contribution du philosophe et de cerner où et comment ses réflexions ont croisé celles des historiens de l’art qui ont soit élargi ou redéfini les méthodes et les structures d’analyse de leur discipline. Ensuite nous regardons « l’art » de Nietzsche en le comparant avec « l’art de l’histoire de l’art » (Preziosi 2009) afin d’évaluer si ces deux expressions peuvent se rejoindre ou s’il y a fondamentalement une incompatibilité entre les deux, laquelle pourrait justifier ou éclairer la distance entre la pensée nietzschéenne sur l’art et la discipline de l’histoire de l’art telle qu’elle s’institutionnalise au moment où le philosophe rédige son œuvre. / Nietzsche’s philosophy has played an active role in many recurring art historical debates that have permeated the discipline since its inception, yet there exists no systematic analysis of his impact. His influence has been mediated through various interlocutors, art historical and other, that have framed these discussions, while using his writings as an intellectual backdrop to their own ideas. This thesis attempts to show that Nietzsche’s engagement with art history has been submerged or overshadowed by an emphasis on the mediators of his thought with little direct engagement with his work, particularly so in the Anglo-American context. The consequence of this is that his genealogical importance for many of the founders of the discipline is left unacknowledged; hence, his actually potent presence is translated as an absence or oversight. In order to demonstrate this, we explore the Nietzschean heritage that informed the works of art historians like Jacob Burckhardt and Aby Warburg, and that of philosophers and writers who have marked the art historical discipline (particularly so with the surge of “French Theory” in Anglo-American art history as of the late 1970s): Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze and Georges Bataille. Once we have identified some of the trajectories on which his ideas have gained relevancy for art history, we look at the potential reasons for their subsequent occlusion. In order to do this, we begin by examining the evolving methodologies in historiography so as to situate his contribution to this domain of study and see where these reflections have intersected with those of art historians who either broadened or reshaped the methods and analytical structures of their own discipline. We finally compare Nietzsche’s 'art' to the “art of art history” (Preziosi 2009) and determine whether these two expressions can be bridged or whether there is a fundamental incompatibility that may explain the discrepancy between his treatment of art and that which concerned art history at the moment of its contemporaneous institutionalisation.

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