CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND

POLITICAL
INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 6
 INSTITUTIONS
 A SOCIETY OR ORGANIZATION
FOUNDED FOR A RELIGIOUS,
EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, OR
SIMILAR PURPOSE
 ESTABLISHED LAW, PRACTICE,
OR CUSTOM
 ORGANIZATION, FOUNDATION,
ESTABLISHMENT, INSTITUTE, CENTER
 KINSHIP

HEALTH POLITICAL

INSTITUTION

EDUCATION ECONOMIC

RELIGIOUS NON-STATE
 KINSHIP
“ A NETWORK OF RELATIVES
WITHIN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL
POSSES CERTAIN MUTUAL RIGHTS
AND OBLIGATIONS
1. BLOOD
 KINSHIP PATTERNS BASICALLY
INCLUDE PEOPLE RELATED EITHER BY
DESCENT OR BY MARRIAGE

(DESCENT) GENETIC RELATEDNESS

(MARRIAGE) LEGAL UNION
BLOODLINE

DESCENTS
 UNILINEAL PATRILINEAL MATRILINEAL BILATERAL
>WHEN A > CHILDREN ARE > CHILDREN ARE > IS USED TO
CHILD IS BORN, AUTOMATICALL AUTOMATICALLY CATEGORIZED
HE OR SHE IS Y MADE MADE MEMBERS CHILDREN THAT
AUTOMATICALL MEMBERS OF OF THE MOTHER’S ARE MADE
Y ASSIGNED TO THE FATHER’S GROUP ONLY MEMBERS OF
EITHER HIS OR GROUP ONLY ALL
HER MOTHER’S ANCESTOR’S
OR FATHER’S BOTH PARENTS
AND
GRANDPARENT
S
2. MARRIAGE
 AFFINITY
THE KINSHIP BY MARRIAGE OR THE
HUMAN RELATION THROUGH
MARRIAGE
 MARRIAGE
A SOCIALLY/RITUALLY RECOGNIZED
UNION OR LEGAL CONTRACT
BETWEEN SPOUSES THAT
ESTABLISHES RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN THEM
 KINDS OF MARRIAGE
ENDOGAMY EXOGAMY
 ENDOGAMY
THE SOCIAL RULE WHICH STATES
THAT A PARTNER MUST BE SELECTED
FROM A PERSON’S OWN SOCIAL
GROUP
 EXOGAMY
THE RULE WHICH PROCLAIMS THAT A
PARTNER MUST BE CHOSEN FROM A
GROUP DIFFERENT FROM ONE’S
OWN
FORMS OF MARRIAGE
 MONOGAMY

Marriage
GROUP
MARRIAGE POLYGAMY
 1. MONOGAMY

> HAPPENS WHEN

BOTH MARRIED
PARTNERS ONLY
HAVE ONE SPOUSE;
EACH OTHER
 2. POLYGAMY

 AN INDIVIDUAL
HAS MULTIPLE
SPOUSES
 TYPES OF
POLYGAMY:
 A). POLYGYNY

> HAPPENS WHEN

ONE MAN IS
MARRIED TO MORE
THAN ONE
WOMAN
SIMULTANEOUSLY
 B). POLYANDRY

> HAPPENS WHEN

A WOMAN IS
MARRIED TO MORE
THAN ONE MAN
SIMULTANEOUSLY
 3. GROUP
MARRIAGE

>THE MARRIAGE
OF SEVERAL MEN
WITH SEVERAL
WOMEN
 POST-MARITAL RESIDENCY RULES

MATRILOCAL AMBILOCAL NEOLOCAL AVUNCOLOCAL

PATRILOCAL MAY CHOOSE
HUSBAND’S WIFE’S EITHER BUILDS A RESIDENCE OF
FATHER’S PLACE MOTHER’S PATRILOCAL OR HOUSEHOLD IN THE GROOM’S
OF RESIDENCE PLACE OF MATRILOCAL A DIFFERENT MOTHER’S
RESIDENCE RESIDENCY LOCATION BROTHER
3. RITUAL
KINSHIP RELATIONSHIP EXTEND TO
PEOPLE AN INDIVIDUAL HAS
RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC OR
POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OR
OTHER KINDS OF SOCIAL TIES SUCH
AS FRIENDSHIP
 COMPADRINAZGO
THE GODPARENTHOOD COMPLEX
 PADRINAZGO
SPIRITUAL PARENTHOOD W/C
EMPHASIZES A VERTICAL
RELATIONSHIP
 COMPADRAZGO
RITUAL CO-PARENTHOOD W/C
STRESSES A HORIZONTAL
RELATIONSHIP OR RITUAL TIES
BINDING ADULTS
FAMILY
 A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING
TOGETHER AND FUNCTIONING AS A
SINGLE HOUSEHOLD USUALLY
CONSISTING OF PARENTS AND THEIR
CHILDREN
HOUSEHOLD
 IT IS DEFINED AS EITHER ONE
PERSON LIVING ALONE OR A GROUP
OF PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER WHO
SHARE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
 NUCLEAR EXTENDED LONE PARENT
husband, wife, one or family that lived with parent(male/female)
more children extended relatives with 1 or more children

RECONSTITUTED
union of 2 adults thru TYPES OF ADOPTED/FOSTERED
family with 1 or more
marriage, cohabitation
or civil partnership
with children
FAMILY children have been adopted
or fostered

SAME SEX BLENDED formed from

TRANSNATIONAL
family in w/c both parents other relationships
Separated families
are the same gender
 4. POLITICAL KINSHIP
KINSHIP RELATIONS MAY EXTEND TO
PEOPLE AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY
HAS POLITICAL AFFILIATION WITH
POLITICAL DYNASTY – MAY REFER TO
THE SYSTEM OF SUCCEESSION OF
POLITICAL LEADERS FROM THE SAME
FAMILY OR CLAN THAT MAINTAINS
POWER FOR MANY GENERATIONS
PERFORMANCE TASK1
1. CHOOSE A PARTNER AND
INTERVIEW HIM WHILE WRITING
DOWN NOTES.
2. EACH ONE NEEDS TO LEARN
ABOUT WHAT EACH OTHER LIKES
ABOUT THEIR FAMILY, RELATIVES AND
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS.
3. PRESENT TO THE CLASS AND
PASTE YOUR WRITTEN INTERVIEW
TO YOUR CLASSMATES NOTEBOOK.
PERFORMANCE TASK2
THE LAST OASIS
1. GROUP INTO 5 AND IMAGINE YOU
BELONG TO A BAND OF NOMADIC
PEOPLE TRAVELLING IN A DESERT
LOOKING FOR AN OASIS.
2. MEMBERS WILL ACT AS:
PREGNANT WOMAN, LOCAL HEALER,
COMMUNITY LEADER, COOK AND
FARMER.
3. THEY WILL DISCOVER AND OASIS
THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE ONLY 4
INDIVIDUALS.
4. LET THE GROUP DECIDE WHO
AMONG THE 5 MUST BE SAVED AND
WHO WILL BE EXCLUDED.
5. PRESENT TO THE CLASS EACH
GROUP’S VALID REASON FOR
CHOOSING.