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P23b


Systems approaches to biocultural processes in psychological anthropology II 
Convenors:
Greg Downey (Macquarie University)
Cameron Hay (Miami University)
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Sessions:
Wednesday 7 April, -
Time zone: America/Chicago

Short Abstract:

This panel presents models of developmental and dynamic complexity and how they might be applied to psychological anthropology, such as looping effects of psychiatric diagnosis, development of skill acquisition and adaptation, and the ecocultural or social determinants of health and well being.

Long Abstract:

The widespread advocacy of biocultural approaches in psychological anthropology requires a step toward forms of biocultural analysis, including especially developmental and systems theories approaches. The complexity and sheer number of factors that might be relevant to human psychological diversity, from the microscopic to the macrosocial, pose significant challenges for analytical models. Many channels of influence, some of them bidirectional, cross the boundaries between categories like "biological" and "cultural," "social" and "psychological." This panel calls for presentations of models of developmental and dynamic complexity and how they might be applied to specific case studies in psychological anthropology, such as the looping effects of psychiatric diagnosis, developmental accounts of skill acquisition and adaptation over the lifecycle, and the ecocultural or social determinants of health and well being. Our goal in this panel is to offer techniques for analysing biocultural case studies that might be transferrable or generalisable but that go beyond simply advocating for biocultural analysis to providing concrete and testable models for different types of queries in psychological anthropology. We especially call for ethnographic case studies, core concepts grounded in concrete examples, and model analyses of biocultural interaction rather than programmatic statements; we seek to demonstrate how synthetic and holistic work might be done rather than arguing for its importance.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Wednesday 7 April, 2021, -