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
 EDUCATI
RELIGIO ON
US
HEALTH
NON-
STATE
INSTITU
TION
ECONO
MIC

POLITIC
AL KINSHIP
 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
UNILINEA PATRILINE MATRILINE BILATERA
L AL AL L
>WHEN A > CHILDREN > CHILDREN > IS USED TO
CHILD IS ARE ARE CATEGORIZE
BORN, HE OR AUTOMATICA AUTOMATICAL D CHILDREN
SHE IS LLY MADE LY MADE THAT ARE
AUTOMATICA MEMBERS OF MEMBERS OF MADE
LLY THE THE MOTHER’S MEMBERS OF
ASSIGNED TO FATHER’S GROUP ONLY ALL
EITHER HIS GROUP ONLY ANCESTOR’S
OR HER BOTH
MOTHER’S OR PARENTS
FATHER’S AND
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
 Marriage

GROUP MONOG
MARRIAGE AMY

POLYGA
MY
 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
AMBILOCAL AVUNCOLOC
NEOLOCAL
PATRILOCAL MATRILOCAL MAY CHOOSE AL
BUILDS A
HUSBAND’S WIFE’S EITHER RESIDENCE
HOUSEHOLD
FATHER’S MOTHER’S PATRILOCAL OF THE
IN A
PLACE OF PLACE OF OR GROOM’S
DIFFERENT
RESIDENCE RESIDENCE MATRILOCAL MOTHER’S
LOCATION
RESIDENCY 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.