Typically speakers circulate papers in advance so that the presentations can elaborate on the work discussed and include exchanges that are meant to increase active student participation. An informal sandwich lunch follows each seminar. The purpose is to encourage students to interact closely and comfortably with senior scholars. Symposia, workshops, and conferences . In addition to the regularly scheduled speakers, Culture and Cognition tries to mount at least one symposium or conference each year.
Students play an integral role in selecting topics and participants.
Most symposia have been organized to specifically meet student needs. Culture and Cognition has also organized a major conference on race that attracted an extraordinary group of scholars. Collaborative arrangements and field sites. The Culture and Cognition Program maintains two field stations, one in Guatemala and one in Mexico. It has formal reciprocal research agreements with Beijing University, China's Institute of Psychology, and Kyoto University, and the Center National-de la Recherche Scientifique of France.