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Empathic and peacebuilding gestures: an analysis of greeting gestures across cultures
Empathic and peacebuilding gestures: an analysis of greeting gestures across cultures

Author(s): Joanna Puppel, Alicja Rozpendowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Communication studies, Sociology, Theory of Communication, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: empathy; peacebuilding; gestures; greeting gestures

Summary/Abstract: Communication process allows people to receive and send messages through verbal and nonverbal resources which play an important role in healthy interpersonal acts. While verbal communication has been the subject of many studies, the present study aims to focus mainly on the nonverbal aspect that is greeting gestures. In this article we shall analyze which greeting gesture, that is widely used across different cultures may evoke a feeling of empathy and thus build peaceful interactions so needed in human communication nowadays.

  • Issue Year: 21/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 221-245
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: English