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1 Solving the Problem of Cooperation
Kinship and Descent

2 Genealogical Space Kindred …that space that contains all human beings
The Last Judgment Hieronymus Bosch Genealogical Space …that space that contains all human beings Kindred … everyone related to ego.

3 Social Anthropology Genealogical Space Descent Males Generation
consanguineal Males Females Generation consanguineal Marriage affinal

4 Kinship and Descent Concerning the matter of relatives:
consanguineal affinal term of address term of reference 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]

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9 Rules of Descent Unilineal Bilineal (Bilateral) Double Ambilineal
Matrilineal Unilineal Patrilineal Bilineal (Bilateral) Double Ambilineal

10 Bilineal descent Eskimo Kinship Similar to “American” system

11 Crow, Trobriand Islanders, Navajo
Matrilineal descent Crow, Trobriand Islanders, Navajo

12 Patrilineal descent Omaha, Bakhtiari, Nuer, Traditional China

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

14 Rules of Residence Neolocal Matrilocal Patrilocal Ambilocal
Associated with bilateral descent Matrilocal Associated with matrilineal descent Patrilocal Associated with patrilineal descent Ambilocal Associated with bilateral descent

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