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SUMMARY:Ritual\, Community\, and Conflict - Prof Harvey Whitehouse\, Unive
 rsity of Oxford
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CONTACT:Johanna M Lukate
DESCRIPTION:Field research in anthropology has generated some compelling h
 ypotheses about the role of ritual in creating group cohesion and fuelling
  intergroup conflict. In recent years\, efforts have been made to test man
 y of those hypotheses scientifically. This talk provides an overview of re
 search conducted at the Centre for Anthropology and Mind at the University
  of Oxford (https://camoxford.org)\, using a range of methods\, from caref
 ully controlled psychological experiments to the analysis of large longitu
 dinal datasets. This research suggests that rituals not only demarcate cul
 tural groups but varying the frequency and emotionality of collective ritu
 als produces different scales and intensities of group alignment\, suited 
 to addressing distinct kinds of collective action problems.
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology\, Downing
  Site
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