ANTHROPOLOGY KINSHIP SLIDESHOW

[blank_start]Kinship Systems[blank_end] are an important structure in society for individuals. In all different types of these systems are are multiple types of kins that are established. [blank_start]Consanguineal Kin[blank_end] are those who are related to you through birth or descent. [blank_start]Affinal Kin[blank_end] are those who are related to you through marriage, and finally [blank_start]Fictive Kin[blank_end] are those who are not related through birth or marriage but are treated as family, an example is a family friend being called an "aunt".

[blank_start]Kinship systems[blank_end] are useful for individuals and society because they help control and organize [blank_start]social[blank_end] and [blank_start]economical[blank_end] lifestyles. They also help create networks between [blank_start]extended family[blank_end] in which many people have mutual obligations and responsibilities.

[blank_start]Patterns of Descent[blank_end] are recognized in all societies and they help establish social rules that help organize the passing of rights, resources and wealth through [blank_start]Inheritance[blank_end], and the passing down of social roles and statues through [blank_start]Succession[blank_end].

There are two very simply [blank_start]Patterns of Descent[blank_end] found in the world's cultures, they differ on principles for defining one's relatives and ancestors. [blank_start]Bilateral Descent[blank_end] is one that operates mainly in North American, it is descent that is passed down through both parents. Every generation you double the amount of ancestors you have. The other one is [blank_start]Unilineal Descent[blank_end], which operates in around 60%~ of cultures, it is the idea of either [blank_start]Matrilineal[blank_end] (mother) or [blank_start]Patrilineal[blank_end] (father) being traced only through one parent.

[blank_start]Kinship charts[blank_end] are ways for anthropologist to exam different generations of families and to label each of them. [blank_start]Kinship charts[blank_end] are often built around a specific person, which is called the [blank_start]Ego[blank_end], they are the reference point. After the [blank_start]Ego[blank_end] is established the chart represents the kin of them [blank_start]Ego[blank_end] and how each person labelled relates to them. They use different symbols for each different type of relationship or identity.

[blank_start]Kin Types[blank_end] are the [blank_start]etic[blank_end] categories that are used by anthropologists to designate how different kin are related to the Ego. This type of categorization is used in Cross-Cultural Comparison as it creates a consistent system in which everyone can understand and compare the terms. It allows a more clear way to notice diversity. There are 8 Basic kin types: M- Mother F- Father D- Daughter S- Son Z- Sister B- Brother W- Wife H- Husband.

[blank_start]Kin Terms[blank_end] are the [blank_start]emic[blank_end] labels that are used in specific cultures and languages. They are terms like "cousin" that can be displayed in many different ways in different cultures, although there are different ways of using Kinship Charts to establish relationships, in english if we use MZD or Mother's Sisters Daughter to refer to a cousin, the term in another language may mean something else entirely to describe cousin. It is used to create a better way for own cultures to express and display their own connections between kin.