2-0730 CHALLENGING THE LEGACY OF INNATE DEPRAVITY: THE NEW TIDEMARK OF THE NONKILLING PARADIGM

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 18:00-21:45

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This session would be of particular interest to:
Students, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Leslie E. Sponsel (University of Hawaii) and Joam Evans Pim (Center for Global Nonkilling)

Chairs: Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel (Chaminade University)

Discussants: Kirk Endicott (Dartmouth College) and Douglas P Fry (Abo Akademi University)

18:00

Is a Nonkilling Society Possible? Why a Serious Question Demands Proper Consideration

Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel (Chaminade University)

18:15

The Possibilities of a Nonkilling Anthropology: Challenging the Apologists for War and Providing Reason and An Agenda for Peace

Leslie E. Sponsel (University of Hawaii)

18:30

STRESS, EQUALITY AND NONKILLING AMONG EAST SEMAI : A PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT

Robert Dentan (Buffalo Univ and State University of New York at Buffalo)

18:45

Equality, Sustainability and Peace (ESP) Among the Semai of Malaysia

Alberto Gerardo Gomes (La Trobe University)

19:00

Peaceful Foragers: The Significance of the Batek and Moriori for the Question of Innate Human Violence

Kirk Endicott (Dartmouth College)

19:15

Contemporary Peaceful Societies: Evidence From the Press

Bruce D. Bonta (Pennsylvania State University)

19:30

Creating Nonkilling Society: The Interaction of Interdependence, Cooperation, and Superordinate Goals

Douglas P Fry (Abo Akademi University)

19:45

Break

20:00

Talking Ourselves Out of Trouble: Symbolic Behavior As A Nonkilling Evolutionary Adaptation

Joam Evans Pim (Center for Global Nonkilling)

20:15

Innate Creativity: Anthropology As a Joyous Science of "the Great Transition"

Charles M.H. Keil (Jubilation Foundation)

20:30

Being a Player: Transitioning From War to Peace

Gretchen Schafft (American University)

20:45

The Role of the New Non-Violent Arab Youth Leadership In the On-Going Revolutions and up-Risings Through the Arab World (mostly 2011): Early Transformations towards a Non-Killing Arab Society

Patrice C Brodeur (University of Montreal)

21:00

Discussant

Kirk Endicott (Dartmouth College)

21:15

Discussant

Douglas P Fry (Abo Akademi University)

21:30

Discussion

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