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. With contributions
by Nurit Bird-David Robert L. Kelly Charlotte Damm Andreas Maier Brian Codding Elspeth
Ready Bram Tucker Graeme Warren and others.
