Dawn Prince-Hughes

**Dawn Prince-Hughes** ( Carbondale (Illinois) ye una antropóloga, primatóloga, y etóloga d'Estaos Xuníos que recibió les sos M.A. y PhD en antropoloxía interdisciplinaria pola Universität Herisau de Suiza. En 2000, foi nomada profesora adxunta na Western Washington University. Ye la presidenta executiva de ApeNet Inc.; y, desempeñóse como direutora executiva del Institute for Cognitive Archaeological Research y ye acomuñada col Jane Goodall Institute.

Prince-Hughes ye l'autora de:
* *Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism (Cantares de la nación de los gorilas: el mio viaxe al traviés del autismu)*;
* *Gorillas Among Us: A Primate Ethnographer's Book of Days (Gorilas ente nós: un llibru diariu pa etnógrafos de primates)*;
* *Expecting Teryk: An Exceptional Path to Parenthood (Esperando a Teryk: un camín escepcional escontra la paternidá)*; El periodu darréu anterior a la nacencia d'un neñu ye un momentu de fondu tresformamientu personal pa los futuros padres. Esperando Teryk: Un Camín Escepcional a la Paternidá ye una esploración íntima, escrita en forma d'una carta d'un padre al so futuru fíu, que reclama un ritu de camín que la sociedá moderna desaposiaría de la so maxa.

* *The Archetype of the Ape-man: The Phenomenological Archaeology of a Relic Hominid Ancestor (L'arquetipu del home monu: l'arqueoloxía fenomenológica d'un antepasáu homínidu relicto)*;

* *Adam (Adán)*,

y la editora de *Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism (Aquamarine Blue 5: Hestories personales d'estudiantes universitarios con autismu)*.

* testu publicáu n'avientu de 2009: *Passing As Human/Freak Nation: How I Discovered That No One Is Normal (Pasar como humanu / Nación Freak: cómo afayé que naide ye normal)*

* 2013: *Circus of Souls: How I Discovered We Are All Freaks Passing as Normal (Circu d'Almes: Cómo afayé que toos somos fanáticos pasando por normales)*

## Teoríes
As a young adult, Prince-Hughes was employed at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo. She watched how silverback male gorilles cared for their families and paternally intervened to resolve conflicts, thereby setting the tone for community behavior. She came to conclude anger often stems from embarrassment, and humor is a natural response to fear.

Prince-Hughes challenges the predominant scientific paradigm, which says the nature of mankind's cognitive processes is clearly distinct from that of other primates. She has formulated several contrarian scientific conclusions, including her assertion that Bonobo chimpanzees can speak English if one just learns to understand the accent.

## Obra
### Lliteratura
En *Songs of the Gorilla Nation*, Prince-Hughes describes how she learned techniques to manage her Asperger syndrome from experiences observing and interacting with gorillas at the Woodland Park Zoo. In *Gorilla Nation*, she explores how working with gorillas helped her escape her social isolation. Asperger syndrome may be accompanied by difficulties processing stimuli, sensory sensitivity, and social awkwardness. As suggested by the title, which speaks of a 'nation' of gorillas, the author conveys an eyeview of the world from the perspective of primates, effectively demonstrating how people and gorillas are subsumed emotionally, socially, and spiritually under the same rubric.

*Expecting Teryk* follows Dawn and her partner's journey from meeting and connecting to becoming parents.

*Gorillas Among Us* compresses Prince-Hughes' many years of observing captive gorillas through an enclosure—visitors usually average only a few seconds—into a diary chronicling the lives of one gorilla family. She creates a blended portrait of both peoples—gorilla and human.

### Publicaciones científiques
* *The Archetype of the Ape-man: The Phenomenological Archaeology of a Relic Hominid Ancestor*, 2000, 

* *Adam*, 2001, 

* *Gorillas Among Us: A Primate Ethnographer's Book of Days*, 2001, 

* *Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism* (editor), 2002, 

* *Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism*, 2004, 

* *Expecting Teryk: An Exceptional Path to Parenthood*, 2005,  (hbk),  (pbk)

* *Circus of Souls: How I Discovered We are All Freaks Passing as Normal *, 2013, 

## Ver tamién
* Nim Chimpsky
* Jane Goodall
* Koko
* Louis Leakey
* Sociobioloxía

## Referencies

## Enllaces esternos
* Arizona.edu - *Gorillas among Us: A Primate Ethnographer's Book of Days* (fragmentu del capítulu introductoriu), Dawn Prince-Hughes (April 19, 2001)
* PoeticGenius.com - 'The Memory Tribe', Dawn Prince-Hughes, Poetic Genius Society (July/August, 2001)
* NWSource.com - 'One day, a gorilla touched her soul', Jennifer Langston*, [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]* (April 17, 2004)
* WesternFrontOnline.com - 'Author demands human rights for gorillas', Amber Hurley, *The Western Front*, Western Washington University (January 28, 2002)

;Audiu links
* APONDERE.org - 'Gorilla Therapy: Dawn Prince-Hughes talks about her new book, *Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey through Autism*' (13 d'agostu de 2004)