ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Unilineality, Emic And Etic, Zande People
17 Feb 2014
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Society that believes you are born into power. Legal system: legal case about adultery, sick wife, resolution of adultery case. Seek divine knowledge oracles= ways of communicating with supernatural. Ex of divination: flipping a coin to make a decision. Mancy: alomancy (ex. table salt thrown on table to make decision depending on where it lands), scapulancy (ex. looking at cracks in shoulder blades), gyromancy. Benge oracle used by azande . it"s a poison oracle. Politics culture defined use of power in public and families: barker decision making processes affecting community, legal domains of life social control laws, norms. Types of political organizations (institutions, procedures related to decision making, conflict resolution and social control) Malinowski, durkheim: processual approach politics from pov of actions, decisions. 20 to 100 people depending on time of year. People are related to each other therefore there is an emphasis on getting along: chiefdom, state. Everyone has a chance to lead depends on abilities, skills.
