social relations
any relationship between two or more individuals in a network of relationships that involve an element of individual agency as well as group expectations and form the basis of social organization and social structure.
Personhood
the status of being a person
Justice
how a society determines right and wrong
Moral Globalization
How has your society's behaviors been changed by outside influences
Gender Relations
How the males and females and others of your family organization connect to each other
social reproduction
structures and activities that transmit social inequality from one generation to the next
Rituals
stylized and usually repetitive acts that take place at a set time and location
Myths
stories that transmit a culturally meaningful messages about the universe, the natural
and supernatural world, and a person's place within them
Society
the way in which humans organize themselves in groups and networks.
Status and Role
The relative social position of an individual and the part a society expects an individual to play in a given status.
personhood examples
Ojibwa Native tribe - attribute personhood to all forms of nature, and is tied to one’s relationship with their ancestors
Hindu - Personhood is tied to one’s past life actions
consideration of identification
The way people develop their cultural identity
Understood on individual level
social characteristics
Social characteristics
language
locality
kinship
age
nationality
social class
Identity is relational
Identify is primarily through people’s relationship with other
dependent upon the social context in which a person finds themselves
code-switching
When a person fluent in many languages is placed in a position to choose which part of their identity to bring “forward”