ANTB19H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sibling Relationship
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Because the nuer were hard to control for the colonizers, they asked pritchard to for help. Pritchard could be criticized for furthering the colonist motives. Pritchard romanticizes the nuer- images are used in a certain way. He would probably not write in the same way if the audience were african people/ non-anthropologists/ colonizers: nuer time- ecological vs. structural. Time in relation to the environment surrounding the nuer. Activity/event/social relations/rituals- structural ; not linear (minutes/hours/days) Time has a different value throughout the year. Grade you were in when something happened (rather than the actual year/time: nuer distance- ecological vs. structural. Ecological/ physical distance- distance from river, etc/ travel required. Structural distance- social distance between nuer groups. Culture and society crafted by ecology- the ecology they live in makes them herds men. An enemy of my enemy is my brother . It is a feud system- when there is a war fusion: they all come together.
