ViCoS and ‘non-linguistic’ relations: Visualizing Kinship Systems Carolina Pasamonik (University of Cologne) DoBeS Team Beaver
I.Ideas & Goals II.Overview Beaver Kinship & Social Organization III.ViCoS for representation of kinship data IV.ViCoS Wishlist Structure of the talk:
Why deal with Kinship Systems? - unstructured knowledge space kinship system as central point combined with cultural, linguistic, historical, biographical and geographical information I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems? - important speaker information I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems? - important speaker information - not for community work I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems? - important speaker information - not for community work - scientific explorations and analyses - anthropological surveys - ethnographies I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems? - important speaker information - not for community work - scientific explorations and analyses - anthropological surveys - ethnographies - women’s points of view I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems? - important speaker information - not for community work - scientific explorations and analyses - anthropological surveys - ethnographies - women’s points of view - linguistic research - linguistic variation - kinship terms I. Ideas & Goals
Kinship behaviour does not have to be isomorphic with the terminological structure: - cultural conceptualisations of human reproduction - kin systems are subject to time and other external factors II. Beaver Kinship System
Living conditions correlate with kinship and social system II. Beaver Kinship System
Living conditions correlate with kinship and social system consequences: - flexible organization II. Beaver Kinship System
Living conditions correlate with kinship and social system consequences: - flexible organization - local group size II. Beaver Kinship System
Living conditions correlate with kinship and social system consequences: - flexible organization - local group size - exogamy alternatives II. Beaver Kinship System
Dravidian Kinship Type - four semantic dimensions: sexrelative age generationcrossness II. Beaver Kinship System
Dravidian Kinship Type - four semantic dimensions: sexrelative age generationcrossness II. Beaver Kinship System
Dravidian Kinship Type - four semantic dimensions: sexrelative age generationcrossness - crossness category ego generation & adjacent ones (+1/-1 generations) distinction parallel & cross relatives II. Beaver Kinship System
∞ ∞∞∞ FBS = II MBS = X Marriage Patterns Crossness defined by a linking cross-sex relative: FBD = II MBD = X MBFB male ego
II. Beaver Kinship System ∞ ∞∞∞ Marriage Patterns Terminology in the Beaver System: ashtéédzé ʼ – “y.sister” ságe ʼ̨ – “cousin / in- law” tłasee – “cousin / in- law” ashidle – “y.brother”
II. Beaver Kinship System ∞ ∞∞∞ Marriage Patterns Terminology in the English System: cousin
II. Beaver Kinship System ∞∞ Marriage Patterns Ideal constellation: - preference for bilateral cross cousin marriage sibling pairs
II. Beaver Kinship System ∞∞ Marriage Patterns Ideal constellation: - preference for bilateral cross cousin marriage - system not corresponding to actual relatives - concepts of “cross (marriageable)” vs. “parallel” relative
II. Beaver Kinship System ∞∞ Marriage Patterns Ideal constellation: - preference for bilateral cross cousin marriage - system not corresponding to actual relatives - concepts of “cross (marriageable)” vs. “parallel” relative - classificatory vs. descriptive terms
1. Toolbox Template for LEXUS III. ViCoS Workflow
1. Toolbox Template for LEXUS III. ViCoS Workflow \lx speaker name \lname last name \mname maiden name \sex sex \bd birthday \lg languages \fra from area
1. Toolbox Template for LEXUS III. ViCoS Workflow possible fields: \cd code \lingpallinguistics / palatalization \lingvarlinguistics / variation \lingmisclinguistics / miscellaneous...
1. Toolbox Template for LEXUS III. ViCoS Workflow \esibelder sibling \ysibyounger sibling \1chfirst child \2chsecond child \3chthird child...
III. ViCoS Workflow 2. Starting Point in ViCoS names
III. ViCoS Workflow 2. Starting Point in ViCoS names
3. Relation Types Manager III. ViCoS Workflow
3. Relation Types Manager
Relations needed for representing kinship systems: I. symmetric relation A related to B and B related to A in the same way e.g. spouses (/ siblings) II. functional relation for each A there is a single B in its range e.g. mother of / father of III. ViCoS Workflow 3. Relation Types Manager
III. ViCoS Workflow 3. Relation Types Manager
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator child sibling step- sibling spouse name
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator child sibling step- sibling spouse name
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator Name spouse siblings parents name names
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator speaker spouse child sibling step- sibling
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator child step- sibling sibling spouse parent speaker
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator speaker child spouse parent sibling step- sibling
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator speaker child spouse parent sibling step- sibling speaker name geo I lingpal I lingvar I sp.info
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator speakerspouse child sibling step- sibling parent
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator parent spousespeaker child step- sibling sibling
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator: Variation Patterns x x x x x x x x x x x x x x xx x x x x x x x x x x x x x
general: - automatically created relations (using toolbox file) - automatically generated relations (e.g. transitive relation) - re-import into toolbox - off line version - export function (e.g..jpg) - display of more than one focused entry - use other data categories as main / visible category - partitioned pop-up windows - staggered lines for multiple relations between two entries IV. ViCoS Wishlist
specific: - symbols for female / male (circle / triangle) - additional coloured symbols (e.g. for variation patterns) - automatically generated kinship relations, e.g. cross cousin relation (MBS / MBD / FZS / FZD) - links to archive (based on speaker, link to e.g. biographical stories) - show only subset of relations (e.g. only palatalization patterns) - use other data categories (e.g. code) as main / visible category - partitioned pop-up windows, also for relations IV. ViCoS Wishlist
III. ViCoS Workflow = tuu = tyuu = chuu 5. Editor & Navigator: Variation Patterns
III. ViCoS Workflow 5. Editor & Navigator: Variation Patterns