Anthropology is the scientific humanistic study of human beings. It comprises of the history of the evolution of human beings or rather humanity. It describes the physical variations among us. It also studies the past societies and gives today human society and culture in a comparative manner. In the context applied here, a society refers to a group of people with a certain dependence on one another for well-being and their own survival. Culture therefore refers to the societal adaptations a given environment (Scupin, 12). This gives meaning to their lives. Therefore, anthropology struggles to analyze, describe, and explain the different cultures.
Cultural relativism helps us understand the meaning and context of people's live and how it relates to our own way of life and cultural norms. There is a share of diversity that is considered here. Considering the structure of our extended family, the social structure serves as a great role in this kind of setting. Taking into consideration the dependence of this extended family, everybody has a role to play and therefore there is a complete economic interdependence (Scupin, 24). This serves to explain that each person in consideration of the social structure has a role to play. The influence of this kind of social background and organization is noticeable on how we as the new generation relate with the existing and continuously changing norms in the current world. Kinship, therefore serves an important role in this setting and the geographical positions and proximity by which the families are spread is close (Scupin, 28). This is about 30minutes drive from each other’s place of staying. In terms of how work is spread among the family members, the ability of each individual to do a particular task is considered and that is taken as a driving force towards that particular job he or she wants to do. Equality in terms of gender is also a matter of great concern and therefore women are considered to be caring and lighter chaos are done b them compared to men in this family.
Work Cited
Scupin, Raymond. Cultural Anthropology a global perspective. Pearson, 2015.
