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    the doyen of Indian Sociology. Ghurye’s contribution to the development of sociology and anthropology in India is enormous and multi-faceted. A prolific writer‚ Ghurye wrote 32 books and scores of papers‚ which cover such wide-ranging themes as kinship and marriage‚ urbanization‚ ascetic traditions‚ tribal life‚ demography‚ architecture and literature Ghurye played a key role in the professionalisation of sociology by founding the Indian Sociological

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    Huaorani of Ecuador The Huaorani Indians live in the Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador‚ and they are a semi-nomadic horticultural society. They hunt wild game‚ gather fruits‚ and berries‚ but they also grow their own plants. They live off the land and have to move from time to time usually every ten years or so in order to not over use the area. They are feared by many people in their region because of their violent reputation‚ they are temperamental‚ and unpredictable. The men and women have

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    years have been connecting people‚ ideas and resources. An American Anthropologist‚ Judith Jamour spent two years of field work in the villages and the urban city to publish a book titled “Malay Kinship and Marriage in Singapore.” This short version is based on kinship and social change. Malay society in Singapore (at least in the urban area) differs in several ways from that in most of the Federation. This for an example‚ there is an excess of males over females. The Malays are

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    between two or more variables Correlated variables are factors that are linked and interrelated‚ such as food intake‚ such that when one increases or decreases‚ the other changes too. Band – small group of fewer than a hundred people‚ all related by kinship or marriage. One typical characteristic of the foraging life was mobility. Smaller communities‚ marginal lands (lands people don’t want) Bands were exogamous‚ meaning people could join any band to which they had kin or marital links. All human societies

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    communities that break apart and then rejoin other members at different times. They tend to live in the most marginal environment in the world. Their community is a reciprocal unit in the fact that they have an exchange economical system. Among the kinship group‚ there is a form of giving of services and goods in a mutual agreed upon atmosphere. This is not only among the family unit but also by the completely camp residents and visitors alike share in the quantity of food available

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    Jose Morton February 28‚ 2011 Gender and Economy      The role of women in foraging and horticultural based societies: The women are the primary food gathers which will allocate for 80% and the men will gather the other 20% of the meat diet. In certain arctic regions‚ there is little food to gather during the arctic winter‚ so men gather all the food and other items the people may need. The gathering of fruits‚ nuts‚ and other vegetation is extremely important. Birth spacing is also an important

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    East‚ Latin America‚ South east Asia and parts of East Asia. Arranged marriage should not be confused with the practice of forced marriage. 2. DRAFT A CONCLUSION (4 MARKS) In cultures arranged marriages are believed to help reinforce kinship ties‚ it strengthens family relationship ties between two families and it even brings them closer as a family when a child is born it gives everyone else a chance to take care and raise the baby along with the parents. Arranged marriage ensures a

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    1. How does a culture’s physical environment shape the type of subsistence pattern they practice? How does subsistence impact a culture’s degree of social stratification? How is the degree of social stratification mirrored in religious systems? The amount of sunlight and rainfall and the types of soil‚ forests‚ and mineral deposits all have an effect on the type of subsistence pattern a particular society develops. For example‚ In the U.S society people have different choices to obtain their

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    Tattoos on the Heart Book Review The book I read to better understand and gain sympathy for returning citizens is Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion (ISBN 978-1439153154) by Father Gregory Boyle‚ S.J. $14 can afford this 240-page autobiography about a Jesuit priest serving one of the most troubled neighborhoods in the most unique way. Fr. Boyle‚ ordained as a priest in 1982‚ began his work in Los Angeles‚ California in 1988 after noticing how the rampant criminal activities

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    their political institutions based on “civil order” a political system based on democratic representation processes rather than traditional ties to kinship or religion‚ this new civil order clashed with older traditional or “primordial” aspects of kinship‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ language‚ and religion. Suggests that ethnic attachments based on an assumed kinship and other social ties and religious traditions are deeply rooted within the individual through the enculturation process. Joshua Fishman “Social

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