Case Study Report #3 (Trobrianders: Matrilineality and kinship) When studying kinship‚ it is needless to say that just one type of society can justify for kinship patterns; rather‚ to be able to identify and understand the differences of kinship systems‚ one needs to study a society long enough to understand its culture and patterns. The Trobriander society has been used to represent different levels of social‚ cultural‚ and technological complexities. Trobrianders were horticulturists living in
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Kinship Systems of the San Culture Kinship systems in foraging based societies provide support for all of the individuals in the band community. The San‚ also known as Bushmen‚ of Kalahari Desert are one of the best-known foraging communities in the modern world. They are also one of the most‚ tight-knit bands held together by kinship. In chapter three of Cultural Anthropology written by Barbara Nowak and Peter Laird‚ describe the kinship relationships of the San by stating‚ “A meal for every
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Amanda hamner | Australian Aborigines and their Complex Kinship | Introduction into Cultural Anthropology | | Kathryn Grant | 6/11/2012 | | Australian Aborigines and their Complex Kinship Aborigines have a complex system in relation to their social and marriage laws‚ based on the grouping of people within their society. To understand the complexities of their social organization‚ consider it this way: divide it first into three main parts. The first part is the physical structuring
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Kinship Systems: Inuit of the artic Dorothy Young ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Christopher Deere December 16‚ 2011 Kinship Systems: Inuit of the Artic The Inuit people have adapted quite well living in the extreme cold of the artic. They live in the artic area of native North America. Commonly called “Eskimo”‚ their territory extends more than five thousand miles along the Arctic Circle from Russia‚ Alaska‚ and northern Canada to Greenland. They are a people who have
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Kinship as a Mechanism for Social Integrating Joey Rahimi It is often demonstrated in many anthropological studies that kinship acts as an important means for social integrating in a given society. But is it a fair generalization to say that kinship always functions as a mechanism for social integration? Kinship refers to the relationships established through marriage or descent groups that has been proven in some societies to lead to social integrating‚ or the process of interaction with other
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The Meaning of Kinship Terms’ ANTHONY I . C. WALLACE ANI) JOHN A T K I N S ; Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute and University of Pennsylvania INTRODUCTION H E meaning of kinship terms in foreign languages (or in English‚ for that matter) has traditionally been rendered by English-speaking ethnologists by a simple and direct procedure: each term is matched with a primitive English term (e.g.‚ “mother”)‚ with a relative product of two or more primitive English terms (e.g.‚ “mother’s
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FLASHCARD DATA FOR NATURE OF KINSHIP Topic 1: Overview | 1. |The term for culturally defined relationships between individuals who are commonly thought of as having |kinship | | |family ties. | | | 2. |The general term for socially recognized links between ancestors and descendants.
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explaining the concept of kinship in Africa‚ the differences and similarities between patrilineal and matrilineal families systems. Kinship is the web of relationships woven by family and marriage. Traditional relations of kinship have affected the lives of African people and ethnic groups by determining what land they could farm‚ whom they could marry‚ and their status in their communities. Although different cultures have recognized various kinds of kinship‚ traditional kinship generally means much
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Bibliography: * Mizoram: Society and Polity (1996) – C. Nunthara. * Kinship system of the Lushai (1960) – B.B. Goswami. * Changing family structure among the Mizos in Mizoram: A study in Aizawl District – P.C. Lalawmpuia. * Culture and folklore of Mizoram – B. Lalthangliana. * www.mizoram.nic.in * www.wikipedia.com
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Kinship systems in Foraging and Horticultural based societies provide support for people in all stages of their life. Address the following in a two- to three-page paper: a. Identify and describe the kinship system of one of the cultures listed below. These cultures are found in Chapters 3 and 4 of Cultural Anthropology. b. Briefly describe the culture and identify three specific examples of how the kinship system of the chosen culture impacts the way this culture behaves (i.e. thinks‚ acts
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