essay
Social networks and exchange
Turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environment • Oxford • Published In 1999 • Pages: 88-106
By: Johnson, Brooke, R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses the context of Turkana social network based on a sample of 22 nomadic and settled herd owners. It shows that the Turkana people have adopted various levels of social interaction and strategies of livestock management that enhance their ability to survive in and exploit the arid scrub savanna environment they inhabit. The relative paucity and patchiness of rainfall require them to keep a variety of livestock. Vulnerability of the livestock to patchy vegetation, limited forage and water, endemic disease, and livestock raids from neighboring tribes requires the Turkana to maintain livestock-exchange and food-sharing relationships that provide a resources safety net. These relationships form an intricate social network that can extend throughout the district and beyond to other areas of the country.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social relationships and groups
- Kin relationships
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Friendships
- Localized kin groups
- Mutual aid
- Age stratification
- Annual cycle
- Household
- Family relationships
- Eating
- Hunting and trapping
- Gift giving
- Cultural identity and pride
- Pastoral activities
- Environmental quality
- Exchange transactions
- Mode of marriage
- Visiting and hospitality
- Property offenses
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Turkana
- 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
- 1980-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-1999
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Turkana, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brooke R. Johnson, Jr.
- For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99219983
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Turkana (African people)