Gendered Species: A Natural History of Patriarchy | Dr Tamás Dávid-Barrett

13/11/2024 - From 19h30 - Public

“Humanity is facing an existential crisis. To survive, we must understand how our societies work and where we come from.”

How has patriarchy shaped our understanding of gender roles throughout history?

What are the consequences for today’s societal structures and the movement towards gender equality?

Did you know that patriarchal systems have influenced not only human societies but also our understanding of biology and gender across species? Or that many of the narratives we take for granted today have deep roots in historical power dynamics?

In this event, we will discuss the history and evolution of patriarchy through a gendered lens, looking at how systems of power and control have impacted our perceptions of both men and women over the centuries.

From ancient civilizations to modern-day institutions, patriarchy has played a defining role in shaping societal norms and roles, often reinforcing rigid gender binaries and hierarchies.

 

ABOUT

Tamás Dávid-Barrett is a behavioural scientist, who asks what traits allow humans to live in large and culturally complex societies. His work focuses on the Structural Microfoundations Theory about how the structure of social networks change during falling fertility, urbanisation, and migration; as well as, how social networks vary over the human life-course.

Tamás’s current projects include the origins of inequality regulation; why the behavioural rules between women and men vary so much across cultures, see Gendered Species: A Natural History of Patriarchy; and the evolutionary foundations of sharing behaviour.

Tamás teaches at Trinity College, University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and is affiliated with the Population Studies Research Institute in Helsinki, Finland. He is a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

Parallel to his Oxford existence, previously Tamás was also a professor at UDD in Chile, and a visiting scientist at the Kiel Institute in Germany. Before becoming an academic, he ran a macroeconomic analyst company, and did research in 35 countries all around the world.

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