Family Portrait: Kinship Diagram and Family Reflection
The 'Family Portrait' assignment prompts students to consider how kinship is arranged spatially and culturally in order to investigate the meanings and sentiments attached to familial as well as child-adult relationship structures. Using theories and mapping methods of kinship from the course, students will be asked to construct a kinship chart of a family and respond to questions about the process.
Tasks to complete:
Read the Assignment 1: "A Family Portrait" Instructions
Review the:
kinship diagram template
kinship terms and symbols handout, and
kinship diagramming instruction video
Construct your Kinship Diagram and complete your reflection responses
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SOSC_3003_-_Assignment_1_Basic_Kin_Terms.pdf
Kinship_Template.pdf
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A Family Portrait
Question 1
The above figure reveals a four-generation lineage of a family, beginning from the great grandparents to my respondent. The family I chose to represent was that of a close friend, whom we became friends with at a young age and thus I have an excellent understanding of their family structure. Besides, the individual was free with me out of trust and shared most of the details freely. The structure was patrilineal because the descent is through the male line. The lineage included the deceased great-grandparents. These great grandparents had three children, two males, and a lady. Unfortunately, one of the males was deceased, leaving behind a male and a female. The remaining male was the grandfather to my respondent. His father did not have any siblings and after marrying, he chose to continue staying at his home, and hence the family was patrilocal. At their home, they are two males and a female.
Question 2
No, I did not include anyone who is not biologically related to the respondent. However, I have left out some of the distant cousins because including them would not have made much sense. Besides, the respondent does not know most of those distant cousins and hen...