Kinship

Determining ancestry involves various techniques of tracing your lineage. Some societies trace the ancestors on both sides of the family which is often referred to as bilateral kinship. While others just trace the ancestors who are relative to one side of the family. This is usually a unilinear descent system. In the following paragraphs, differences between two unilineal systems will be discussed and also how these systems help not just the individual but also their society. Lineage is…

historical and constantly evolving cultural phenomenon that has adapted to the shifting political and economic patterns of modern China (Osburg, 2013, p. 24). This section will explore the historicity of guanxi, its related cultural forms—renqing, kinship, and reciprocity—and will chart the dynamism of the affective and instrumental components of guanxi through a comparison of Gifts, Favors, and Banquets and Anxious Wealth. A significant historical continuity evident in guanxi is its concern for…

During my last meeting with my partner we discussed kinship terms and created our family trees. My partner lived her entire life in Saudi Arabia only spoke Arabic before she came to the United States six months ago. Asking questions about the kinship terms that she uses revealed both similarities and differences about how our families are set up. This discussion showed that the ways that our families are structured are very different. We discussed the terms that my partner uses to with regards…

Heroism, Comitatus, Kinship Bravery, Loyalty, Friendship The true values of Anglo-Saxon culture as found in Beowulf in The Wanderer The Anglo-Saxons were a rich and diverse culture. While it is true they were a warlike culture, they were a lot more than that. Warrior-like-ness was just an attribute of their culture. Two of the most well-known pieces of Anglo-Saxon literature, Beowulf and the Wanderer give a better understanding of this culture we know so little about. This paper will…

As a person who comes from two different cultural and racial backgrounds, I decided to make my topic of my kinship chart about race. Knowing what it feels like to be half-Sikh and half-Hindu, I am able to get a point of view of both racial perspectives of myself. As my kinship chart shows, my mother is Sikh and my father is Hindu. However, for reasons being, I was taken out of their custody when I was seven years old, along with my younger sister. Thus my grandparents were able to gain custody…

Ayoub Mekkaoui Cultural Anthropology The Family Analysis and Kinship Chart of Sayom Smith I chose my friend Sayom for this assignment. I chose Sayom because she is the product of an African American father and a Cambodian mother, so I thought it would be interesting to analyze the dynamics, similarities, and differences of each parent. Instead of just interviewing her, she agreed to let me interview both her parents in order to get a deeper insight. Although I interviewed the father, he was…

care. The number of times a child stayed placed with kinship versus non-kinship. Risk and Protector factors Quality of Care The quality of care for kinship versus non-kinship placements is an important but difficult topic to address. As Shlonsky and Berrick (2001) note, there is a lack of research on the topic of assessing the quality of care. However, they state there are basic ways for families to provided quality care. Some of these basic provisions are a nurturing environment, compassion,…

family resides mainly based on the terminology of anthropology, an Eskimo family or kinship. As stated that an Eskimo kinship is more common in the Western societies such as Europe and North America. Ironically, all of my family members are part of their own nuclear family, or when a married couple that has kids of their own, are known to the rest of society or their community as a basic social unit. An Eskimo kinship system is based on the distance from one relative to another such as; your…

Kinship Project For my kinship assignment I decided to interview my mother Rebecca Andrews. She has done so many different things in her life and I decided she would be the perfect person to interview. Her parents are amazing people and raised her to the best of her ability. She grew up in a small town called Haleyville Oklahoma. This is the town she was born and raised. She grew up playing softball and cheering for her high school. She eventually went to cosmetology school where she became a…

Family is a world wide word that many people know, but few understand the meaning behind it. Family to me are the people who love me unconditionally as the person I am today. What is family to you? My family are the people who define me as a person, my beliefs and culture are all due to my family’s heritage being passed down throughout our family. Family is a word that has many meanings to many different people. The definition of family is undefinable, to some people family are blood relative to…