essay

Fission, fusion, and foragers in East Africa: micro- and macroprocesses of diversity and integration among Okiek groups

cultural diversity among twentieth-century foragers : an african perspective • Cambridge • Published In 1996 • Pages: 188-212, 305-333

By: Blackburn, Roderic H..

Abstract
This article addresses in-group diversity, demonstrating in the process of how interpersonal conflicts develop–typically unrelated to subsistence and resulting in residence changes–and how these result in additional social and cultural changes. The author centers this study on the processes of migration in which contact is made with subgroups, and with peoples of other beliefs and practices. Due to such contacts, there is a continual process of mutual social and cultural adaptation; in each case influenced by a variety of existing conditions, motivations, and the singular nature of the events themselves.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Lineages
Ingroup antagonisms
Cultural participation
Internal migration
Acculturation and culture contact
External relations
Inter-community relations
Social relationships and groups
Information sources listed in other works
culture
Okiek
HRAF PubDate
2014
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Eastern Africa
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Ethnologist-5
Analyst
John Beierle; 2012
Coverage Date
1968-1992
Coverage Place
Mau Forest Okiek, Narok and Nakuru districts, Rift Valley province, Kenya
Notes
Roderic H. Blackburn
LCCN
95017648
LCSH
Okiek (African people)
Dorobo (African people)