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Agreeing to agree on genealogy: a Luo sociology of knowledge
Sociocultural dimensions of language use • New York • Published In 1975 • Pages: 117-135
By: Blount, Ben G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article analyzes the structure of a Luo speech event named 'to count ancestors.' Focusing on a tape recording of a pre-arranged meeting of fifteen elders, the paper identifies major themes and rules governing the interaction of participants. The meeting was meant to produce genealogical information that would fill gaps in establishing genealogical links to clan founders. The elders eventually produced the required information but they did that in an interactional process in which individual initiative and ability was the central factor counting ancestors.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociolinguistics
- Traditional history
- Public lectures
- Lineages
- Rule of descent
- Ethics
- Etiquette
- Visiting and hospitality
- Kin relationships
- Status, role, and prestige
- Social relationships and groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Luo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1967-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Luoland, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ben G. Blount
- Includes bibliographical references ( p. 134-135)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74017974
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)