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Solving the Problem of Cooperation

Solving the Problem of Cooperation. Kinship and Descent. The Last Judgment Hieronymus Bosch. Genealogical Space.

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Solving the Problem of Cooperation

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  1. Solving the Problem of Cooperation Kinship and Descent

  2. The Last Judgment Hieronymus Bosch Genealogical Space Out of the vast number of human beings, represented by The Last Judgment byHieronymus Bosch, only a few do we recognize as our relatives. This Module deals with how we study those systems that determine who our relatives are: Kinship Systems …that space that contains all human beings Kindred … everyone related to ego (an individual).

  3. Genealogical Space is that space that contains all human beings. It’s conventional to fill this space with symbols that represent: Descent consanguineal Males Females Generation consanguineal Marriage affinal

  4. Kinship and Descent Concerning the matter of relatives: consanguineal -“blood” relatives affinal - relatives by marriage term of address - use when talking to someone term of reference – use when talking about someone These are Cultural Universals… relatives

  5. Kinship and Descent The investigation of kinship terminology begins with a distinction between kin types and kin terms. Kin types refer to the basic uncategorized relationships that anthropologists use to describe the actual contents of kinship categories. They are supposedly culture free, etic components. Kin terms are the labels for categories of kin that include one or more kin types. They are emic structures and vary across cultures.

  6. Kin Types Primary components and letter symbols Mother [M] Father [F] Sister [Z] Brother [B] Daughter [D] Son [S] Husband [H] Wife [W]

  7. Typical Kinship Chart

  8. Rules of Descent Matrilineal Unilineal Patrilineal Bilateral Parallel Cognatic “Double Descent” Ambilineal Bilineal

  9. Bilineal descent Eskimo Kinship Similar to “American” system

  10. Matrilineal descent Crow, Trobriand Islanders, Navajo

  11. Patrilineal descent Omaha, Bakhtiari, Nuer, Traditional China

  12. Rules of Residence Neolocal Associated with bilineal descent Matrilocal Associated with matrilineal descent Patrilocal Associated with patrilineal descent Ambilocal Associated with bilineal descent

  13. Lineage - descent group w/common ancestor Fission - splitting of group Clan - same as lineage w/o known common ancestor (Mendi of New Guinea) Totemism - relation to common ancestral spirit Phratry - two or more clans w/common ancestor Moiety - half of a society divided by descent Kindred - consanguineal relatives of single individual

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