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    Modeling cultural dynamics

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    Kashima, Y; Kirley, M; Stivala, A; Robins, G
    Editor
    Vallacher, RR; Read, SJ; Nowak, A
    Date
    2017
    Source Title
    Computational Social Psychology
    Publisher
    Routledge
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Kirley, Michael; Kashima, Yoshihisa; Robins, Garry; STIVALA, ALEXANDER
    Affiliation
    Computing and Information Systems
    Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
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    Kashima, Y., Kirley, M., Stivala, A. & Robins, G. (2017). Modeling cultural dynamics. Vallacher, RR (Ed.). Read, SJ (Ed.). Nowak, A (Ed.). Computational Social Psychology, (1), pp.281-307. Routledge.
    Access Status
    Open Access
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/252754
    DOI
    10.4324/9781315173726
    ARC Grant code
    ARC/DP130100845
    ARC/DP130100845
    ARC/DP130102229
    ARC/DP130102229
    Abstract
    This chapter provides a broad and selective introduction to diverse literatures on computational approaches to cultural dynamics. It explains the social psychological models of cultural dynamics, and then move to two prominent approaches to cultural dynamics— Axelrod's model of cultural dissemination and evolutionary game theoretic approaches to evolution of cooperation. These approaches focus on complementary aspects of cultural dynamics, and that each has unique strengths in dealing with some aspects, but not others. The Axelrod model has been used to explore the dynamics deriving from transmissions of cultural information and the role of drift and to some extent of importation; however, it does not address invention, or most importantly, selection. The evolutionary game theoretic approaches have a unique strength in examining the importance of the selection process in cultural evolution. The chapter discusses how the existing approaches complement each other, and also point to the gap in the existing theory— neither has addressed the process of invention.

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