Dor Shilton
Hello.
I am a writer and researcher living in Tel Aviv.
Currently a PhD student at Tel Aviv University, studying the cultural evolution of music, language and social organization. Check out my academic and press publications below.
I'm also on Google Scholar, Twitter, and Mastodon.
Research
Shilton, D., Passmore, S., & Savage, P. E. (in review). Group singing is globally dominant and associated with social context and sociopolitical complexity. https://psyarxiv.com/drs7z/
Shilton, D., Jablonka, E. (2022) Rituals, Music, and the Landscape Metaphor. Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.22389
Shilton, D. (2022). Sweet Participation: The Evolution of Music as an Interactive Technology. Music & Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043221084710
Shilton, D., Breski, M., Dor, D., & Jablonka, E. (2020). Human Social Evolution: Self-Domestication or Self-Control? Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00134
Shilton, D. (2019). Is Language Necessary for the Social Transmission of Lithic Technology? Journal of Language Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzz004
Fiction
Jouma. Lunch Ticket, Summer/Fall 2020
Press
Democracy in Rojava (Haaretz, 2019)
In the Heart of Syria's Darkness, a Democratic, Egalitarian and Feminist Society Emerges
Martin Amis (Haaretz, 2019)
A Conversation on Writing, Innocence, and Literary Decorum
David Graeber (Haaretz, 2020)
Reflecting on the Life of the Late Anthropologist and Anarchist