Scale Matters : : The Quality of Quantity in Human Culture and Sociality / / Thomas Widlok, M. Dores Cruz.

• VerfasserIn: Widlok, Thomas,; Cruz, M. Dores,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cruz, M. Dores,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (233 pages)

Scale matters. When conducting research and writing, scholars upscale and downscale. So do the subjects of their work - we scale, they scale. Although scaling is an integrant part of research, we rarely reflect on scaling as a practice and what happens when we engage with it in scholarly work. The contributors aim to change this: they explore the pitfalls and potentials of scaling in an interdisciplinary dialogue. The volume brings together scholars from diverse fields, working on different geographical areas and time periods, to engage with scale-conscious questions regarding human sociality, culture, and evolution.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Why scale matters -- How do we scale hunter-gatherers' social networks? -- Comment by Charlotte Damm -- Comment by Bram Tucker -- What good is archaeology? -- Comment by Graeme Warren -- Comment by Brian Codding -- Upscaling forager mobility and broadening forager relations -- Comment by Robert L. Kelly -- Scales of interaction -- Comment by Elspeth Ready -- Comment by Andreas Maier -- A large-scale view on 'small-scale societies' -- Comment by Robert L. Kelly -- Comment by Graeme Warren -- Socioecological factors influence hunter-gatherers Comment by Andreas Maier -- Scale and Inuit social relations -- Comment by Brian Codding -- Mikea, Malagasy, or hunter-gatherers? -- Comment by Thomas Widlok -- Scaling an island of hunter-gatherers -- Comment by Charlotte Damm -- Comment by Bram Tucker -- Authors' biographies.