Kinship

In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist Robin Fox states that "the study of kinship is the study of what man does with these basic facts of life – mating, gestation, parenthood, socialization, siblingship etc." Human society is unique, he argues, in that we are "working with the same raw material as exists in the animal world, but [we] can conceptualize and categorize it to serve social ends." These social ends include …

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IPA: Institute of Public Affairs · 4 October 2024 English

(Technically One way of measuring the scale of the victory for the votes were plebiscites, although at the time and No in the Voice referendum is to compare it to …

Islanders, the nation’s first people, for their deep kinship with their lands and for their Both the Labor Party


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 30 September 2024 English

Selected Issues

D., & Fafchamps, M. 2007. Extended family and kinship networks: economic insights and evolutionary directions


WRI: World Resources Institute · 28 September 2024 English

This paper explores ways in which global actions to tackle climate change can potentially undermine women’s land tenure security. While there is greater cognizance of the role of secure land …

Indigenous matrilineal communities—or those in which kinship or lineage and inheritance systems are based on


Environmental Defenders Office · 27 September 2024 English

a Biodiversity Payment Offer for the biodiversity outcomes delivered by the project), should not then be eligible to be registered and receive a Biodiversity Certificate under the Nature Repair Market …

learning and transmission of customs, traditions, kinship and heritage. First Laws are a way of living and First Laws, spirituality, social obligations and kinship all stemming from relationships to and with the importance or status of the customs, traditions, kinship and heritage of First Nations in Australia. The


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 26 September 2024 English

The concept of “identity fusion” is useful in understanding this phenomenon, and the use of AI and gaming can potentially help in counter radicalisation efforts. [...] Mechanism of Identity Fusion …

perception of shared experience and a sense of kinship. Individuals can bond over “sacred values”, which


DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 26 September 2024 English

Checkpoints in Myanmar reassessed

where they previously served together or through kinship which helps explain the ongoing alliance and reciprocity


New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council · 25 September 2024 English

NSW CAPO, the NSW Government and the Local Government NSW (LGNSW) are the NSW parties to the National Agreement on Closing the Gap and signatories to the NSW Closing the …

accountability and is rooted in Aboriginal concepts of kinship and shame. According to Community participants


New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council · 24 September 2024 English

NSW CAPO, the NSW Government and the Local Government NSW (LGNSW) are the NSW parties to the National Agreement on Closing the Gap and signatories to the NSW Closing the …

accountability and is rooted in Aboriginal concepts of kinship and shame. According to Community participants


World Bank Group · 24 September 2024 English

This report synthesizes available evidence on childcare in Cambodia to provide a holistic analysis of the policy landscape and priorities for further investment. It presents new data to describe the …

MoEYS • The 2021 Prakas on Procedures to Implement Kinship and Foster Care issued by MoSVY • The 2021 Prakas


FNIGC: First Nations Information Governance Centre · 24 September 2024 English

of adults who did 42% not use cannabis… had of adults who participated used cannabis in Traditional 43% occasionally… physical of adults who used activities 46% cannabis daily… within of …

including mental health programs alongside broader kinship and community services. Friendship Centres can


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