...mother’s kinsmen. Ekwefi provides the cassava; Nwoye’s amother and Ojiugo provide smoked fish, palm oil, and pepper .Before the feast start, Uchendu prayed for the health and children of Okonkwo and broke the kola nut. Then threw one of the lobes on the ground for the ancestors. Okonkwo’s final feast is noted for its copious amounts of food – it’s almost like a wedding celebration. Though the feast is a show of gratitude, Okonkwo also emphasizes that the gathering is justified merely because “it is good for kinsmen to meet. At the feast, one man expresses surprise that Okonkwo has been so generous with his food and another praises Okonkwo’s devotion to the kinship bond. At the end of the feast, one of the elders speaks up and gives a warning to the younger generation. He fears for them because he feels the bonds of kinship are breaking, which allows Christianity to pollute their land and steal their men from their gods and their families. With that ominous note, he thanks Okonkwo for his generosity....
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...outside the household Absolute levels of women’s position on above variables, not necessarily relative to the men in their households . 2 Predictors of the status of women • Education Marriage and kinship patterns North • CULTURAL INFLUENCE South Potential for female employment Exposure Interaction Autonomy • Employment 3 Kinship and Marriage :North South Variations • Northern kinship system is characterized by a principal of expansion and the incorporation of outsiders as wives into the family > Village is exogamous unit. No exchange marriage • South represents the principle of immediate exchange and a policy of consolidation of existing kin network > Intra-kin marriages and marriages within a village 4 Women’s Economic Roles • Opportunities for women’s participation in the labour force • Perception of women and their kin group Women in North India are less likely to be doing work and in waged activity Women’s participation in labour force : Rural areas (Source: Registrar General of India,1987) % of women UP Tamil Nadu In labour force 5 22 Cultivators 48 23 Agricultural labourers 35 53 -----------------------------------------------------------------------Ownership of sewing-machine (%) 22 8 5 Purdah or female seclusion • Origins: marriage and kinship patterns, history of invasions, Islamic influence etc. • Practiced by 45 % of women in UP, 5 % in Tamil Nadu • Effect: differential use of space by women like avoidance of outdoors when there are men...
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...the mainland the languages are Kiswahili and English and on Zanzibar Arabic and English are required. Much of the literature available is in either English or Arabic because the indigenous culture is passed on through oral traditions. There are some collections of fables and idioms collected and written down by foreigners. If the family can afford to they will send both male and female children to school, if they must make a choice the male children nearly always are the ones who will be given preferred treatment for education. Education level is a determining factor for women in their marriage and professional opportunities; it also changes how they feel about their traditional labor roles. Kinship systems have always been important within Tanzania with all ethnic groups. These kinship groups are made up of the immediate family, aunts,...
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...'THE NATURE OF FRIENDSHIP" What is the nature of friendship? Different people have different opinions. Someone said: the nature of friendship is loyalty and cordiality; someone said: the nature of friendship is caring and affection; another one said: the nature of friendship is comfort and fun. From my opinion of views, the nature of friendship is sharing, trust and help. Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that we can share and enjoy in our life. When we achieve a great success, our friends can share our joys, what a pleasant thing of sharing an achievement. When we are in trouble, we need friends to offer us support and encouragement. Every time, when I felt lonely, I called my friend to going out for shopping, hiking or eating. Sharing shifted the loneliness into enjoyment. Sometimes, we just talk to each other, and we share our happy and unhappy things together. With friends sharing, happiness became double happiness; with friends sharing, sorrow divided into half; with friends sharing, the loneliness and bad mood disappeared. Sharing for the friendship is like sunshine for the sun, it makes the friendship more brilliant, and it drives the gloom away. The second essence of friendship is trust. Trust connects two people together without a blood relationship. We trust our parents because the consanguinity; we trust our husband and wife because of the love; we trust our colleagues because of the partnership. We trust our friends wherever friends live and whatever...
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...BUSINESS DETAILS This business proposal is confidential and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Richard Gerrald, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to a client of mine, who died along with his family in a plane crash on the 14th of August 2005. My late client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United Kingdom and had Left behind a deposit of Sixteen Million British Pounds Sterling only (£16,000,000.00) with a bank. After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances. Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client's close relative or his next of kin. The board of directors of the finance company now adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration...
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...Cross-Cultural Management: Reflection Part. 1 of 2: Traditional Aboriginal Culture and Traditional Chinese Culture This reflective report will attempt to compare and contrast between Traditional Australian Aboriginal Culture and Traditional Chinese Culture. Ferraro & Briody (2013) defines culture as the shared perceptions among group of two or more people, their beliefs, values and behavioural patterns, which ultimately shape their way of life. I will analyse the two cultures around Hodstede’s cultural dimensions, Collectivism. Collectivism determines the degree of close-knit characteristic of the group (Hofstede n.d.). The insight this framework provides could be use as a guide in managing organisations’ and nationals’ cultural difference. The traditional Chinese live off small area of land, mainly used for cultivation of rice. In order to maximise yield, seeding and harvesting period are heavily depends on friends and relatives to help get the job done (Gladwell 2008). This interdependent behaviour is found not only at the family level but also at community level. Chinese society follows the teaching of Confucius, which promotes interdependence and social harmony (Chuang & Su 2009). To avoid potential social conflicts and encourages cohesiveness, Chinese are more likely to compromise their own needs and coordinate their behaviour with the situation (Nisbatt & Masuda 2003). It is common for Chinese to live with their married son. Family structure becomes more...
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... ANT 101 Bruce Carruthers 16 July 2012 Kinship is an important part of survival, especially for foraging societies. Foraging, or hunting and gathering, is the oldest form of human society. The San, or “Bushman”, are one of the most known communities and they date back thousands of years. I will identify and describe the kinship system of the San, and I will describe how the culture is impacted by their kinship. Last, I will compare the San to my own society and the impact kinship has in my own life. The San have many kinship systems that are important to insure their continued existence. I will discuss the kinship system as it is related to food, conflict, and marriage. The San are hunters and gathers and food is part of surviving. The San follow a form of exchange in which no tabs are kept, or generalized reciprocity (Nowak & Laird, 2010). This means that all the food is collected and distributed equally through out the group. This means that no one will go hungry. This has a lot of impact on their culture as well. It prevents an excess of wealth, so no one is rich or poor. It insures everyone is healthy and reinforces social ties with their kin. “Kinship is the central organizing principle” (Nowak & Laird, 2010, Managing conflict, para. 1). There is limited property and everyone shares food so there are limited major conflicts among the San. Since the San’s kinships are so strong, arguments are the extent of their conflict. Most conflict...
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...Kinship, Beliefs and Values within the Nayar of India ANT101 August 6, 2012 Kinship Organizations of Nayar of India The Nayar, are a group of Indian castes, described as not a unitary group but a named category of castes. The Nayar caste of Kerala in southwestern India has for over 100 years served as a source of paradigm and paradox (Moore, 1985). They are a power caste society that lives in extended matrilineal family groups. Hinduism is the main religion of these people and that combined with their social and economic structure make for an interesting combination of kinship, gender relations, beliefs, and values. The Nayar of India is an ethnographic and folk-culture society. The people are a complex, interesting, large and power cast society that live in extended matrilineal family groups. Hinduism is the main religion of these people and that combined with their social and economic structure make for an interesting combination of kinship, gender relations, beliefs, and values. This paper will discuss the fascinating aspects of this culture focusing on their kinship, gender relations, and their beliefs and values. The Nayars ought to be 'typical' of South Asia as any other group. As a populous caste of cultivators, warriors and sometimes rulers, they are far from being peripheral to the larger Hindu community of which they are a part, and can even be accorded the status of a dominant caste (Moore, 1985). History of Nayars Nayar also known as Nair is a name of...
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...Dear Friend. I humbly request your consent and co-operation so as I can present you as an heir/next-of-kin of a deceased account proceeds value 5,508,609.00 INR (Five Crore five Lakh eight thousand Six Hundred and Nine India rupees only) I am writing this letter in confidence believing that it is the wish of God to meet with you since we have not met before, I got your e-mail address from AOL- Local Yellow Page with regard to your profile, after searching all the job site, Hindu, matrimony and religious site looking for a trust worthy person and I decided to contact you. I am Mrs. Kavita Mazumdar of Auditing and accounting section staff in Royal bank of Scotland Barakhamba road branch New Delhi, during my investigation and auditing I came across many inactive accounts but there is a particular account that has not been noticed by the previous/past auditors the account has been dormant without any claim of the fund. I write to solicit for your support and assistance to carry out this deal in my bank that will benefit us. Lying in one of the many inactive accounts is the sum of 5,508,609.00 INR (Five Crore fifty Lakhs eight thousand Six Hundred and Nine India rupees only) belonging to a foreign customer (Mr.Chowalert Jitjamnong) who was a gas consultant here in India, he happened to be deceased during a vacation trip with his wife (Mrs .Siriphut Jitjamnong) and the only child (Chawit Jitjamnong) on board One-Two-Go Orient-Thai Airlines flight OG269 Phuket Airport...
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...Create-a-Culture Assignment Instructions Objective: In this course, we have discussed numerous aspects of culture that anthropologists study. As we have seen, these aspects of culture are related, and anthropologists often study multiple cultural elements simultaneously to gain a true holistic perspective. In this assignment, you will apply what you have learned about the aspects of culture (and their relationships to one another) to create your own hypothetical culture. Directions: Your paper should be between five and six pages, double-spaced (around 1000 – 1250 words total). You must use either Arial or Times New Roman font in size 12. Your margins should be 1 inch on all sides. If you have questions about how to set these settings, please ask your instructor. The Paper is due via Moodle to me by 11:55 PM on May 2, 2016. It is worth 10% of your course grade. You will submit your paper, to Moodle, prior to or by the stated deadline. The attachment should be one of the following formats: .doc, .docx, .pdf or .pages No other file types will be accepted. Papers submitted after the deadline will be penalized according to the policy outlined in the course syllabus. For this assignment, you will create your own culture. You will design the culture’s history, environment, subsistence approach, political system, and other aspects of social life. The aim of the project is to enable you to think creatively while demonstrating your knowledge of anthropological concepts...
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...I. Nayar of India, from South Indian state of Kerala and Punjab, has a different cultural back ground and way of life than Northern Americans. I will discuss how they interact within their kinship. I will also reflect on their beliefs and values and their gender relations. Could the Nayar of India culture and way of life be a way of life for the whole world? II. Kinship of Nayar India A. Family Ideals 1. Matrilineal family unit, wider kinship grouping 2. Concisting of three or four matrilineal related generations B. Matrilineal joint families 1. Include men related through the male line 2. Including wives, children C. Changes in the twentieth century 1. Living arrangements vary 2. Joint families’ couple with unmarried children III. Beliefs and values of Nayar of India A. Religious Beliefs 1. Christians, Muslims B. Ceremonies 1. Vishu, Onam, Thriuvthira C. Arts 1. Kathakali Dance IIII. Gender relations of Nayar of India A. Marriage 1. Talikettu Kalyanam ceremony 2. Sambandham ceremony B. Domestic Units 1. Fifty to one hundred people 2. One or more married women and children 3. Husband visited the home C. Inheritance 1. Property of man possessions whet to his sister and their children D. Socialization 1. Shaming (technique of control) 2. Children...
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...ANTH 1200 – Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 10-29-12 Dr. Williams, Instructor 1 Study Questions for Quiz# 3 (Ferraro’s Chapters 9, 10 and 11) 1. Are there any universals about gender roles across all societies? Use examples from your readings to support your position. 2. Male dominance a cultural universal? Use examples from your reading to support your position. 3. How important are economic factors in the definition of gender in the United States? 4. What are “Genderlects”? Answer: Linguistic differences in the ways in which men and women speak within their culture 5. What is postpartum sexual taboo? Answer: the rule that a husband and wife must abstain from any sexual activity for a period of time after the birth of a child 6. What is gender stratification? Answer: The hierarchical ranking of members of a society according to gender 7. If women are not allowed to hold important positions in religious activities, does that indicate stratification? 8. Does the prohibition of women from the same economic activities as men always indicate stratification? 9. What are three social benefits of marriage? 10. Describe and discuss the differences between American style marriage and marriage among any cultural group in Sub-Saharan Africa. 11. In which state of the United States is polygyny most widely practiced? Answer: Utah 12. What is a critical factor influencing the incidence of polygyny? Answer: The Old Testament of the Bible ...
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...Anthropology Unit 1 – online Anthropology is the study of humans, past and present. There are 4 areas of Anthropology- 1. sociocultural - examine social patterns and practices across cultures, with a special interest in how people live in particular places and how they organize, govern, and create meaning 2. , biological/physical - seek to understand how humans adapt to diverse environments, how biological and cultural processes work together to shape growth, development and behavior, and what causes disease and early death 3. archaeology - study past peoples and cultures, from the deepest prehistory to the recent past, through the analysis of material remains, ranging from artifacts and evidence of past environments to architecture and landscapes 4. linguistics- is the comparative study of ways in which language reflects and influences social life Unit 1 – Book Anthropology – the study of humankind in all times and places Colonialism – when one nation dominates another through occupation, admin (military) and control of resource’s. Cultural imperialism – refers to the promotion of one nation’s values, beliefs, and behavior above those of all others. Most famous empiricist – Franz Boas (1858-1942) he rejected racism and saw everyone as equal Radcliffe Brown – focused on how culture worked as a whole to maintain itself Malinowski – paid attention to his key informants’ point of view (groundbreaking methodology) Influences on Canadian Anthro – museums, academic...
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...Analysis Report Analysis Report PR Company PR Company Introduction: Good day this report lays out the goals we wish to achieve in the steps forward on accommodating the Indonesian culture we effect during the time of our detoured deliveries. Thomas Bartholomew has reported that our PR campaign will best be successful with a town feast that focus mainly with rice and Side dishes of meat, fish, eggs, and vegetables and a variety of condiments and sauces using chili peppers and other spices accompany rice. Mike Connors has suggested to play on the strengths of their history with commerce and make some deal to transport small amount of their trades. Mariam Diakite believes their focus on religion and their ritual Ramadan in the summer is a crucial aspect to be aware of for our drivers. Codie Basse Believes that their love for art can be a huge push for our campaign by pushing an art show. Background: This PR Campaign was set up by Anne Brown for the detrimental change to our delivery route. This change now effects nearby villages of the Indonesian culture base. Our efforts for this campaign is to build a relationship with the community that benefits both our organization and the community. Purposes: We need to be aware of the community during the Month of august and our drivers need to be train to respected their Ramadan (the month of fasting), Idul Fitri (the end of fasting), and the hajj (pilgrimage). Indonesia annually provides the greatest number of pilgrims...
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...Nayar of India Sandelle Studway ANT 101 Jeffrey Ratcliffe 06/04/2012 Nayar of India The Nayars of India are an upper caste group mainly residing in the Indian state Kerala. Their culture has held a wide interest of many with their unique practices in marriage and family life. Women are held with the highest respect and they live in a matrilineal family. As an Agrarian state the Nayars are rulers, land owners and warriors. This essay will discuss the life and customs of the Nayar culture. By the end of this essay you will have a great outlook on their kinship, gender relations, believes, and values. Nayars belong to the southwest coast of India which is the state of Kerala. The language spoken is Malayalam belonging to the southern brand of the Dravidian Family. The Nayars are a part of an upper caste system that consists of land owners and rulers. Their land allowed the cultivation of leafy root vegetables, eggs, fish, poultry, goad meat, beef, and water buffalo meat. Most Nayars were vegetarian. Before the British conquest in 1792, the Nayar caste supplied Kerala’s royalty and nobility, militia, and land managers. During British rule, Nayar became more involved in politics, medicine, education, and law. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1994-2009). Nayar household consisted of matrilineal related Kin where male and female descended from a common female ancestor. In the article “The Nayar Taravad”, C.J fuller discusses M.A Moore argument “A taravad is not a 'matrilineage';...
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