Wenner‐Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

Abstract

The Wenner‐Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research is a private operating foundation whose mission is to support significant and innovative research in all areas of anthropology, to foster the international anthropological community, and to provide leadership in the field. It was established in 1941 and today provides between $5 million and $6 million annually in support of the discipline internationally through varied grant, fellowship, networking, conference, and symposia programs. It founded and continues to publish the international journal Current Anthropology , and its online magazine, SAPIENS , brings anthropological research to the public worldwide.

Ethos through traditional construction processes: Historical development between community builder in the Minho Area of the North-western Iberian Peninsula and Pico Island in the Azores

“…It is necessary to go beyond the individual, as it is a socio-technical agencements that involves multiple human beings in collaboration interacting with their artifacts that are reconfigured depending on the nature of both the actors and the actants (Callon, 2004). This leads to consideration of the agencies, in a reductionist way, as adaptive behaviors (Callon & Caliskan, 2005). However, through the perspective of Transformative Activist Stance (TAS) the idea of passive subjects merely reacting or adapting to their environments, subjects are instead positioned as active agents able to change themselves and therefore their environment (Stetsenko, 2014).…”

Patrons of the Human Experience

“…The reproduction, installed on the fourth floor landing, was painted by Mateo A. clarify and propagate my ideas on the subject" of humanism and anthropology. 69 While at the headquarters in New York, Teilhard helped to establish the "Early Man in Africa" program for the foundation (Aiello 2011;Schultz 1961). Not only did the foundation provide him with office space, it supported him logistically.…”

Can You Teach an Old Parrot New Tricks? Individual Variation in the Problem-Solving Abilities of Wild Kaka (Nestor Meridionalis)

“…On the other hand, several authors support the idea that an increase in behavioural repertoire and flexibility may have been the necessary first step for the incorporation of new foods into one's diet and thus becoming a dietary generalist (Emery 2006;Ducatez et al 2015) or favouring adaptive radiation (Nicolakakis et al 2003;Tebbich et al 2010;Lefebvre et al 2016). The increase in nutrition through dietary generalism may then have further contributed to brain development (Aiello and Wheeler 1995;Ducatez et al 2015). Furthermore, to my knowledge, there is to date no empirical research that directly investigated the underlying mechanisms of exploration diversity.…”