{"id":132614,"date":"2019-04-29T12:01:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T11:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=132614"},"modified":"2019-04-29T11:47:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T10:47:08","slug":"doctoral-thesis-on-nonkilling-mechanisms-by-transcend-member-joam-evans-pim-at-abo-akademi-university-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/04\/doctoral-thesis-on-nonkilling-mechanisms-by-transcend-member-joam-evans-pim-at-abo-akademi-university-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Thesis on Nonkilling Mechanisms by TRANSCEND Member Jo\u00e1m Evans Pim at \u00c5bo Akademi University, Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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17 Mar 2019 – <\/em>A thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Social Sciences) on the topic \u201cVerbal and Non-verbal Communication as Evolutionary Restraint Mechanisms for Nonkilling Conflict Management\u201d was defended in a public disputation at \u00c5bo Akademi University, Vasa, Finland, on March 15, by CGNK Director Jo\u00e1m Evans Pim. The dissertation uses a nonkilling approach to explore mechanisms for rule-based ritualized restraint such as song duel display contests or mark-making practices related to territory.<\/p>\n

Prof. Piero P. Giorgi (University of Otago) acted as Opponent in a thesis that was supervised by Prof. Douglas P. Fry (University of Alabama at Birmingham) and Prof. Kaj Bj\u00f6rkqvist (\u00c5bo Akademi University). During the Disputation, Evans defended the role of restraint mechanisms for the prevention of potentially lethal aggression as an evolutionary driver for the development and complexification of hominin communicative abilities, including articulated language and symbolic cultural practices.<\/p>\n

The \u201ckappa<\/em>\u201d (introduction) of the dissertation is available for free download at the National Library of Finland Doria<\/a> archive. The dissertation also incorporates three academic articles: \u201cPreventing violence through hip hop: an evolutionary perspective<\/a>\u201d (Journal of Peace Education<\/em>), \u201cWriting and reading ourselved out of trouble: evolutionary insights on non-linguistic marking systems<\/a>\u201d (Egyptologische Uitgaven<\/em>) and \u201cMan the Singer: Song Duels as an Aggression Restraint Mechanism for Nonkilling Conflict Management\u201d<\/a> (War, Peace, and Human Nature: The Convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Download PDF version of the Dissertation: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Verbal and Non-verbal Communication as Evolutionary Restraint Mechanisms for Nonkilling Conflict Management<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Joam Evans Pim is director of the Center for Global Nonkilling and a member of the TRANSCEND Network<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Go to Original \u2013 nonkilling.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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