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| Shared, socially learned knowledge and patterns of conduct |
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| Symbolic resources people use to bring meaning to their existence. |
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To describe/write about people and their social & cultural life.
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Partial glimpse
Positioned glimpse
Provisional glimpse
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| 6-8,000 recorded languages ever |
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Language can very based on:
sound
words
grammar
speech acts/events
ideas |
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| Smallest units of sound recognized by a speaker that will make a difference in the meaning of the word. |
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| Speakers of different languages are led by those languages to see and act differently in the world. |
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of the Ilongot People, means
anger
passion
grief
emotional weight
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| Division of Linguistic Labor |
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| Not everyone in a speech community may use the same range of speech resources (based on stigma or privilege). |
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Language Taboos
(Guugu Yimidhirr) |
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| Males cannot speak directly to mother in law. |
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Codeswitching (different words for different status members).
Bilingualism/Multilingualism effectively
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Precapitalist Subsistence Systems:
Foraging
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Small Mobile Bands
Gendered division of labor
Reciprocal sharing of food and possessions
Minimal social hierarchy |
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Precapitalist Subsistence Systems:
Horticulture
(Shifting Cultivation)
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Maintaining livestock
Sedentary
Surplus for local exchange
Gendered division of labor varies widely
Social stratification varies |
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Precapitalist Subsistence Systems:
Agriculture
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Maintaining domesticated animals
Sedentary
Vast surplus
Gendered division of labor
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Precapitalist Subsistence Systems:
Pastoralism
(Herding)
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Diet needs to be supplemented
Migratory
Sharp gender hierarchy |
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Pre-Capitalist Exchange Systems:
Market |
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| Exchange of goods at prices based on supply and demand. |
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Pre-Capitalist Exchange Systems:
Redistribution
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| Movement of goods to a center and re-allotted back to consumer products. |
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Pre-Capitalist Exchange Systems:
Reciprocity
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| Giving without expectation of ever getting something in return. |
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| Giving with the expectation of getting something in return. |
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Necklaces exchanged for armshells among trading partners.
Gift objects gain prestige.
Necklaces given clockwise.
Armshells given counterclockwise. |
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Kwakiutl Potlatch:
Copper |
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| Giving away copper to the spirits. |
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Marshall Sahlins' Study:
Multicultural Capitalism |
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Example:
- England wanted Tea
- China wanted sandalwood
- Hawaii wanted fur blankets
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May amplify local systems, while at the same time exploit them.
Global integration
Local differentiation |
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Kinship:
Parallel Cousins |
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| Children of parents' same gender sibling |
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| Children of parents' opposite gender sibling |
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| Inheritance, property etc. passed on through sons. |
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| Inheritance, property, etc. passed on through daughters. |
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Marrying outside of a group
(clan, village, household) |
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Marrying within a group
(caste, lineage) |
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| If a wife dies, the wife's sister marries the wife's husband. |
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| If a husband dies, the husband's brother marries the husband's wife. |
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(Matrilineal)
Many husbands |
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(Prior to British Rule of India)
Matrilineal Society,
Temporary Husbands
Mainly female household. |
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Exchanges for Spouse:
Dowry |
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Bride-side to groom-side
(moves with bride) |
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Exchanges for Spouse:
Bridewealth |
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Groom-side to bride-side
(Family moves money before marriage) |
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Exchanges for Spouse:
Brideservice |
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Groom-side to Bride-side
(labor form of wealth) |
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Postmarital Residence:
Patrilocal |
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| Residence with husband's relatives |
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Postmarital Residence:
Matrilocal |
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| Residence with wife's relatives |
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Postmarital Residence:
Neolocal |
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| Couple sets up new household |
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(India)
Men who dress as women
Castrate themselves
Religious Cult |
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Third Sex:
"Two Spirit"
(Berdache) |
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(North America)
Males or Females can become Two Spirit. |
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Third Sex:
Bissu
(Sulawesi) |
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Gender transcendent
Comination of Male & Female features
Religious function
Wards off evil magic |
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Mappurundo Ritual Calendar:
Time of the Rice Spirit |
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(July-February)
Village life devoted to agricultural labor
Rice is sacred crop
Taboo on noise, music, laughter, etc.
Strong association with females, earth, etc. |
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Mappurundo Ritual Calendar:
Time of the Dead |
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Funerary Rituals
Taboo on labor and eating rice
mourning
animal sacrifice
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Mappurundo Ritual Calendar:
Time of the Bissu Spirits
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(March-May)
Post Harvest Prosperity Rituals
Prestige Displays
Lifts Taboos associated with ag labor & death
associated with the sun & sky
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Time of the Bissu Spirits:
Muane |
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Males in village
Ritual journey downstream
Headhunting |
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Time of the Bissu Spirits:
Baine |
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Females in the village
Ritual journey upstream for songs and chants |
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Mappurundo Ritual Calendar:
Time of the Human Seed |
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(May-June)
Weddings and Hearth Making
Matrilocal residence |
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Political Order in a world system:
State |
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Centralized institutions
Monopoly on legitimate violence
subjects |
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Political order in a world system:
Nation-State |
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Official languages
Citizenship |
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