RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF COMMUNICATIONS MASTER’S STUDY PROGRAM “SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY” Essay in course “Kinship” Reciprocity and free hospitality concept. CouchSurfing network in Riga. 1st years student Ieva Irbina Riga‚ 2013 The concept of reciprocity in the host - guest form has been recognized for centuries. The way of relationships between hosts and guests depends on many factors‚ including cultural concept of hospitality. During times host - guest concept obtained
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Task: Analyse and evaluate a range of technologies commonly used in agricultural and/or horticultural businesses‚ and explain the reasons for the selection and application of technology for a specific business. A biosecurity plan is an essential part of this outcome. Key knowledge to be assessed for the assessment task includes:- • Description and evaluation of the effectiveness of a range of techniques used to alter or control local climatic and environmental conditions‚ and topography
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CHARASTERISTICS OF SOCIETY society is groups of people who live in a certain domain and behave according to existing culture and morality. Culture and morality differ in terms of different parts of a society and different types of societies as well. The types have already been shaped by anthropologists and sociologists in history but there is not one certain classification. Even though almost every type is determined‚ there are six types of society that are accepted by the sociologists. The classification
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March 16‚ 2010 Chapters 5 and 6. Substance Strategies Tribes Chiefdom States Band societies: (hunter/gathers) Small groups (40) Nomadic (mobile) Loose territory Circulation of kin/groups Advantages: Variety Resource Consumption exchange Egalitarian (equal) gender roles craft special p.o.p sustainability guns germs and steel… movie March 18‚ 2010 tribes: sociocultural system No centralized Authority diffused
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chapter 3 Band Societies © Mark Edwards/Photolibrary GOALS By the end of the chapter‚ you should be able to do the following things: • Realize that foraging societies do not struggle to survive; rather‚ they have sufficient food and plenty of leisure time Understand the importance of reciprocity as a survival strategy for foragers Describe different ways to reduce conflict Grasp the importance of kin relationships and how they differ from other types of relationships Appreciate the
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TYPES OF SOCIETIES Sociologist Gerhard Lenski (1924–) defined societies in terms of their technological sophistication. As a society advances‚ so does its use of technology. Societies with rudimentary technology depend on the fluctuations of their environment‚ while industrialized societies have more control over the impact of their surroundings and thus develop different cultural features. This distinction is so important that sociologists generally classify societies along a spectrum of their
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Types of Societies A society is made up of people living within defined territorial boarders who share a common culture. A society is independent of outsiders; it contains many smaller social structures that are needed to meet the needs of its members. Some of the social structures include family‚ economy and religion. Societies meet their members’ basic needs‚ such as the needs for food and shelter‚ in different ways. Anthropologists used these differences to form the basis of a system
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“ It ain’t the things we don’t know that gets us in trouble. It’s the things we know that ain’t so”.-Artemus Ward What is Society? • A group of sentient beings • A group of physically interested individuals (Ell Good) • Society is a state of quality of mind (MackIver) • An association of individuals organized‚ for given ends (Bushee) • Society is the system of social relationships in and through which we live What is the definition of science? • An objective‚
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Society Society refers to a population of people that is organized in a cooperative manner to carry out the major functions of life‚ including reproduction‚ sustenance‚ shelter‚ and defense (Kornblum‚ 2000) and a population that occupies the same territory‚ is subject to the same political authority and participates in a common culture (Robertson‚ 1987). Under Society we have this Social Structure which refers to the recurring patterns of behaviour that people create through their interactions‚
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inequality in our society today‚ but not the same as it was many years ago when social class became a presence. I am not saying that social class was invented in the 1900’s it has existed ever since there was people on this planet. However‚ it only was something that caused problems in the 1900’s Class‚ like religion‚ gender‚ race and other groups are another means of segregation or division in society. It is dividing people depending on their importance and still money in society. I think that it
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