SOCIOL 166 Lecture Notes - Social Complexity, Band Society, Conflict Resolution
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Social complexity: a technology, or a collection of different technologies. Leadership/strata: informal and temporary (no economic social class, at most, temporary informal leadership) Members related and culturally homogeneous (members of a band are all related by blood or marriage) Conflict in the band society is dealt with at an individual basis, there is no formal conflict resolution structure. Most self-sufficient society with the least resources/complexity. Work: no occupational specialization, variation only by age and sex. Members are culturally homogeneous, but has a presence of strangers in this society (more than one extended family compared to a band), clan systems are common. Because there is a lack of craft specialization; these societies have no craft specialization. In contrast, we are now living in craft specialization since we have the ability to dedicate our time to specialize in a specific skill, etc. whereas people in those societies had to do everything from hunting, gathering, medical, etc.
