Kinship

and iron tools incorporate much of the second stage, that of barbarism. With quite similar conclusions to those as in Tylor’s theories, Morgan arrived at his conclusions through a different focus. Fascinated with with Iroquois and studying their kinship systems and differences from euro society, Morgan identified the distinguishment of relatives on mother’s side of family and those of fathers side and merges father with father’s brother and mother with mother’s sister. Then father’s brother…

Two of relationships we have with people are kinship and marriage. Kinship can be seen as any type of family relation. Depending on the situation, this can include kin chosen through close experiences or kin that is related to you through life’s normal processes. Marriage would be described as choosing a partner…

Objectivity and Positionality Objectivity is seen as a male characteristic that has allowed the dominance of men to continue in all major areas, especially in science (Abu-Lughod, 1990, Haraway, 1988). Haraway, (1988), states that female work is not seen as important as the work men do. This brings in a capitalistic argument that women’s work is seen as inferior to men’s work as it does not generate any revenue or provide a meaningful contribution to society. Therefore men’s work is given a…

developed a self-functioning and self-motivating familial system to provide each other with what the outside world denied them. The house ball culture as it was in the 80’s and as it exists today, moves the gay community to a place where masculinity, kinship, and success are all innovative in…

the use of personal protective equipment. The study reveals some identified problems and possible solutions to those specific problems in communication, culture, and knowledge. The study suggested that regular working safety dissemination through a kinship approach and specific safety training to resolve communication, cultural and knowledge issue problems. Empowering workers and supervisors by provide a clear roles and tasks, time and resources are also suggested. Keywords. Participatory…

believed the European trader violated the rights and responsibility of the marriage, trade networks could be destroyed. For this reason, women played an important role in providing diplomatic services where women brought outside traders into their kinships trading networks in order to secure benefits from the trade relationships for the whole…

drastically changes. With each tribe having their own distinct cultural practices and histories, they have overcome their obstacles to create wage, work and informal economies. The author does a fantastic job of demonstrating the intersection of kinship, the informal economy, ceremonial exchanges of goods, government assistance programs, and the cash economy on the reservation, Ft. Berthold, which is home to the Three Affiliated Tribes, the Mandan, the Arikara and the Hidatsa, in North…

The Rutland model studies a dilemma from three different points of view: the consequentialist approach, which considers results; the deontological approach, which focuses on personal rights; and the aspirational approach, which considers the person whom is making the decision and who they want to be. Consequentialist Approach. The consequentialist approach, also known as Utilitarianism, studies the consequences of an outcome and considers “the greatest good for the greatest number of people…

evolution of civilized society in which some had a hierarchical political organization, however, all have the basis of kinship within them. Archaeological evidence would suggest based upon burials of kin buried within the same places and distribution of goods and artifacts among the people of the time that the societies held high favoritism for their kin. This idea of kinship being the very start and basis of complex…

In this drama study an analysis of the familial role of reactionary violence in the portrayal of victimhood will be defined in The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, The Pillowman, and Crave. In Edward Albee’s play, The Goat, the victim status of Stevie Gray defines the reactionary violence of a woman that has been replaced by a goat as the new love interest of her husband, Martin Gray. Stevie’s jealousy defines the underlying role of a victim that inspires her to commit acts of violence, such as killing…