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Laurea Honoris Causa PRESENTAZIONE DI Alison Jolly Prof.ssa Lorenza Operti Vice Preside della Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali Aula Magna del Rettorato 23 novembre 2012 Presentazione Dr. ALISON JOLLY da parte della Prof. Lorenza Operti La Dottoressa Alison Bishop in Jolly, nasce a Ithaca, New York. È sposata a Richard Jolly dal 1963 e ha 4 figli. La Dottoressa Alison Jolly ha conseguito la laurea in Zoologia alla Cornell University nel 1958 e successivamente il Dottorato di Ricerca in Zoologia alla Yale University nel 1962 con una tesi sulla evoluzione anatomo-funzionale delle mani dei primati. Ha svolto diversi ruoli di spicco nella sua carriera: è stata Research Associate nella New York Zoological Society dal 1962 al 1964. Successivamente è stata per un anno, tra il 1966 e il 1967 Teaching Associate presso la University of Zambia e per l’anno successivo Research Associate alla Cambridge University. Dal 1971 al 1974 e dal 1978 al 1981 ha ricoperto il ruolo di Research Associate per la University of Sussex di cui è Visiting Scientist dal 2000 ad oggi. Tra il 1982 e il 1987 è stata Guest Investigator per la Rockefeller University e ha fatto parte dal 1982-97 del Board of Visitors del Centro primato primatologico più importante a livello internazionale, che è quello della Duke University. Successivamente, fino al 2000 Visiting Lecturer alla Princeton University. Fa parte della “American Academy of Arts and Sciences” e della “American Association for the advancement of science”. E’ stata Presidente dal 1992 al 1996 della International Primatological Society Molte sono le Organizzazioni internazionali per le quali ha svolto il ruolo di Consulente: dall’UNESCO all’ UNICEF a USAID. A partire dal 1976 ha fatto parte di numerosi comitati attivi in conservazione: 1976-95 Council, Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust 1977-82 Council, Fauna and Flora Preservation Society 1982-2001 Board of Directors, Wildlife Preservation Trust Int'l 1993-97 Council, Bonobo Protection Fund 1995-98 Scientific Advisory Council, Duke. Univ. Primate Center 1996-98 Hon. Chairman Int’l Committee, 27th IPS Congress, Madagascar 1997-99 Board of Directors, Global Survival Network 1998-99 Chair, Conservation Committe, WPTI 2001- Council, Wildlife Trust Da professionista affermata nel suo campo è stata Consulting Editor per la rivista American Journal of Primatology dal 1984 al 2000. Dal 1990 al 1998 è stata nel Board of Editors per la rivista Oryx. Sempre come membro del Board of Editors ha lavorato dal 1995 al 2002 per International Journal of Primatology e dal 1995 al 2000 per la rivista giapponese Primates. 1 Durante la sua lunga carriera ha ricevuto numerose Onorificenze : 1988 Cavaliere dell’Ordine Nazionale del Madagascar 1992 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1994 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1994 Fellow, Animal Behavior Society 1994 Life Trustee, Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust 1996 Fellow, Wildlife Conservation Society 1998 Officier de l’Ordre National de Madagascar 2007 Osman Hill Medal, Primate Society of Great Britain Alison Jolly ha scritto più di 100 articoli scientifici. La sua attività scientifica non si è fermata qui. Ha infatti scritto 11 libri dal 1966 ad oggi, Per citare alcuni dei libri: 1. Jolly, A. (1966) Lemur Behavior. A Madagascar Field Study. Chicago University Press, Chicago. 197 pp. 2. Bruner, J., A. Jolly, K. Sylva, eds. (1976) Play. Its Role in Development and Evolution. Penguin, Harmondsworth, Basic Books, New York. 716 pp. 3. Jolly, A. (1980) A World Like Our Own. Man and Nature in Madagascar. Yale University Press, New Haven. 272 pp. 4. Jolly, A., P. Oberle, R. Albignac, eds. (1984) Madagascar. Key Environments Series, Pergamon Press, Oxford. 239 pp. 5. Jolly, A. (1999). Lucy’s Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution. Cambridge Harvard University Press. 518 pp. Paperback 2001. Korean and Turkish editions, 2004. 6. Jolly, A. (2004). Lords and Lemurs: Mad Scientists, Kings with Spears, and the Survival of Diversity in Madagascar. Boston, Houghton Mifflin. 310 pp. uno solo dei quali è stato tradotto in Italiano, con il titolo “Il gioco in un mondo di simboli”, pubblicato nel 1981 da Armando Editore come traduzione del libro originale del 1976 “Play. Its Role in Development and Evolution.” La sua attività editoriale comprende anche un libro di testo di primatologia sul quale si sono formati gli attuali primatologi Jolly, A. (1985) The Evolution of Primate Behavior. 2 nd edition. Macmillan, New York. 526pp. e numerosi libri divulgativi per l’infanzia: 1. Jolly A. (2005) Ny Aiay Ako (Ako the Aye-Aye). Malagasy text by Hantanirina Rasamimanana, Illustrations by Deborah Ross. Miakka, Florida. Lemur Conservation Foundation. 36 pp. 2. Jolly, A., Sussman, R.W., Koyama, N. and Rasamimanana, H. eds. (2006). Ringtailed Lemur Biology: Lemur catta in Madagascar. New York, Springer. 3. Jolly, A. (2007) Ny Tsididy Bitika (Bitika the Mouselemur). Malagasy text by Hantanirina Rasamimanana. Illustrations by Deborah Ross. Jersey, CI, UK. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Ha inoltre curato circa 15 programmi televisivi. 2 Articles Cowgill, U. M., Bishop, A., Andrew, R. J., and Hutchinson, G. E. (1962) An apparent lunar periodicity in the sexual cycle of certain prosimians. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci . 48 : 238-241. Bishop, A. (1962) Control of the hand in lower primates. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 102 : 316-337. Bishop, A. (1962) Use of the hand in lower primates. In Evolutionary and Genetic Biology of the Primates. J. Buettner-Janusch, ed. Academic Press, New York. Vol. 2:133-225. Jolly, A. (1964a) Prosimians' manipulation of simple object problems. Animal Behaviour. 12 : 560-570. Jolly, A. (1964b) Choice of cue in prosimian learning. Animal Behaviour. 12 : 571-577. Jolly, A. (1966) Lemur social behavior and primate intelligence. Science 153 : 510-506. Jolly, A. (1966) Breeding synchrony in wild Lemur catta .. In Social Communication among Primates. S. A. Altmann, ed. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Pp. 1-14. Jolly, A. (1966) Sex ratio and dominance in social lemurs. Proc. East African Academy, Vol 2. Nairobi, East African Publishing House. pp 81-87. Jolly, A. (1970) Malagasy lemurs -- clues to our past . Animal Kingdom 70 : 66-75. Klopfer, P. H. and Jolly, A. (1970) The stability of territorial boundaries in a lemur troop. Folia primat. 12 : 199-208. Jolly, R. and Jolly, A. (1970) Conservation -- who benefits and who pays? Paper presented at 1970 IUCN Conference, Antananarivo, Madagascar. Jolly, A. (1971) The wreck of the Torrey Canyon -- epilogue. Animal Kingdom 71 : 4-13. Jolly, A. (1972a) Troop continuity and troop spacing in Propithecus verreauxi and Lemur catta at Berenty (Madagascar). Folia primat. 17 : 335-362. Jolly, A. (1972b) Hour of birth in primates and man. Folia primat. 18 : 108-121. Jolly, A. (1973) Primate birth hour. Internat. Zoo Yrb . 13 : 391-397. Jolly, A. (1974) The study of primate infancy. In Infant Competence. J. S. Bruner and K. Connolly, eds. Academic Press, London. Pp. 49-74. 3 Jolly, A., Gustafson, H., Mertl, A., and Ramanantsoa, G. (in press since 1975) Population, espace vital et composition des groupes chez le maki ( Lemur catta ) et le sifaka ( Propithecus verreauxi ) a Berenty, Republique Malagasy. Bull. Acad. Malgache. Jolly, A. (1978a) Lemur behaviour and populations. In Population Control by Social Behaviour. F. S. Ebling and D. N. Stoddart, eds. Symp. Inst. Biol. 23 : 67-82. Jolly, A. (1978b) Some tall tails: remarkable lemurs of Madagascar. Smithsonian 9(8): 72-83. Jolly, A. (1978c) Conservation in Madagascar. Nature 275 : 586-587. Jolly, A. (in press since 1978) Implications sociales de la conservation de la nature. Bull. Acad. Malgache. Jolly, A. (1979) Frustrating search for the monkey with a lion's tail. Smithsonian 10 (8): 96- 107. Mertl-Millhollen, A., Gustafson, H. L., Budnitz, N., Dainis, K. and Jolly, A. (1979) Population and territory stability of the Lemur catta at Berenty, Madagascar . Folia primat. 31 : 106-122. Jolly, A. (1982) Island of the dodo down to its last few native species . Smithsonian 13 (3): 94- 105. Jolly, A., Oliver, W. L. R. and O'Connor, S. M. (1982) Population and troop ranges of Lemur catta and Lemur fulvus at Berenty, Madagascar: 1980 census . Folia primat. 39 : 115-123. Jolly, A., Gustafson, H. L., Oliver, W. L. R., and O'Connor, S. M. (1982) Propithecus verreauxi Population and ranging at Berenty, Madagascar, 1975 and 1980. Folia primat. 39 : 124-144. Jolly, A. (1984) The puzzle of female feeding priority. In Female Primates. M. F. Small. ed. Liss, New York. Pp. 197-216 Jolly, A., Albignac, R., and Petter, J. -J. (1984) The lemurs. In Madagascar. A. Jolly, P. Oberle and R. Albignac, eds. Pergamon Press, Oxford. Pp. 183-204. Jolly, A., and Jolly, R. (1984) Malagasy economics and conservation: A tragedy without villains . In Madagascar. A. Jolly, P. Oberle and R. Albignac, eds. Pergamon Press, Oxford. Pp. 211-218. Jolly, A. (1985a) A new science that sees animals as conscious beings . Smithsonian 15 (12): 66-81. Jolly, A. (1985b) The evolution of primate behavior. Amer. Scientist 73 : 230-239. Jolly, A., and Oliver, W. L. R. (1985) Predatory behavior in captive Lemur spp . Zoo Biol. 4: 139-146. 4 Jolly, A. (1986a) Lemur survival. In Primates : The Road to Self-Sustaining Populations. K. Benirshke, ed. Springer-Verlag, New York. Pp. 71-98. Jolly, A. (1986) A life among the chimpanzees. (Review of The Chimpanzees of Gombe , by Jane Goodall) Natural History 95 (10): 88-93. Jolly, A. (1987) Madagascar, a world apart. National Geographic 171 : 148-183. Jolly, A. (1987) Prioritiés dans l'etude des populations de Lemuriens. In Priorités en Matiere de conservation des especes a Madagascar, R.A. Mittermeier et al eds, IUCN, Gland. 59-62. Jolly, A. (1988) The evolution of purpose. In Machiavellian Intelligence. A. Whiten and R.
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