CAS AN 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Huli People, Ordnungspolizei, Politics Of The United States
20 Dec 2017
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Two types of time: ecological and structural. Ecological time is reckoned on an annual cycle. This cycle divides time according to natural and environmental changes. These natural changes are significant only insofar as they are linked with changes in social activities. The variation in social activities associated with natural changes, accordingly, organizes ecological time. A concept of time based on reflections of their relations to the environment. Passage of time perceived in relation to daily and seasonal social activities with one another. Structural time, on the other hand, is a system of time reckoning that is based on the social structure. It is not cyclical, as is ecological time. Instead it organizes time as a linear movement in the social structure. For example, the nuer rely on age sets a demographic cohort to refer to events that extend far into the past. Past events are, accordingly, linked to stages in the lifecycle of each cohort.
