Post on 04-Jan-2016
ViCoSand
‘non-linguistic’ relations:
Visualizing Kinship Systems
Carolina Pasamonik (University of Cologne)DoBeS Team Beaver
I. Ideas & Goals
II. Overview Beaver Kinship & Social Organization
III. ViCoS for representation of kinship data
IV. ViCoS Wishlist
Structure of the talk:
Why deal with Kinship Systems?
- unstructured knowledge space
kinship system as central point combined with
cultural, linguistic, historical, biographical and geographical information
I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems?
- important speaker information
I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems?
- important speaker information
- not for community work
I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems?
- important speaker information
- not for community work
- scientific explorations and analyses- anthropological surveys- ethnographies
I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems?
- important speaker information
- not for community work
- scientific explorations and analyses- anthropological surveys- ethnographies
- women’s points of view
I. Ideas & Goals
Why deal with Kinship Systems?
- important speaker information
- not for community work
- scientific explorations and analyses- anthropological surveys- ethnographies
- women’s points of view
- linguistic research- linguistic variation- kinship terms
I. Ideas & Goals
Kinship in general:
- kinship behaviour does not have to be isomorphic with the terminological structure
- kin systems are subject to time and other external factors
II. Beaver Kinship System
Living conditions correlate with kinship and social system
II. Beaver Kinship System
Living conditions correlate with kinship and social system
consequences:
- flexible organization
II. Beaver Kinship System
Living conditions correlate with kinship and social system
consequences:
- flexible organization
- local group size
II. Beaver Kinship System
Living conditions correlate with kinship and social system
consequences:
- flexible organization
- local group size
- exogamy alternatives
II. Beaver Kinship System
Dravidian Kinship Type
- four semantic dimensions:
sex relative agegeneration crossness
II. Beaver Kinship System
Dravidian Kinship Type
- four semantic dimensions:
sex relative agegeneration crossness
II. Beaver Kinship System
Dravidian Kinship Type
- four semantic dimensions:
sex relative agegeneration crossness
- crossness category
ego generation & adjacent ones (+1/-1 generations)
distinction parallel & cross relatives
II. Beaver Kinship System
II. Beaver Kinship System
∞
∞ ∞ ∞
FBS = II MBS = X
Marriage Patterns
Crossness defined by a linking cross-sex relative:
FBD = II MBD = X
MBFB
male ego
II. Beaver Kinship System
∞
∞ ∞ ∞
Marriage Patterns
Terminology in the Beaver System:
ashteedzeʼ – “y.sister” sageʼ� – “cousin / in-
law”
tłasee – “cousin / in-law”
ashidle – “y.brother”
II. Beaver Kinship System
∞
∞ ∞ ∞
Marriage Patterns
Terminology in the English System:
cousin cousin
cousincousin
II. Beaver Kinship System
∞ ∞
Marriage Patterns
Ideal constellation:
- preference for bilateral cross cousin marriage
sibling pairs
II. Beaver Kinship System
∞ ∞
Marriage Patterns
Ideal constellation:
- preference for bilateral cross cousin marriage
- system not corresponding to actual relatives
- concepts of “cross (marriageable)” vs. “parallel” relative
II. Beaver Kinship System
∞ ∞
Marriage Patterns
Ideal constellation:
- preference for bilateral cross cousin marriage
- system not corresponding to actual relatives
- concepts of “cross (marriageable)” vs. “parallel” relative
- classificatory vs. descriptive terms
1. Toolbox Template for LEXUS
III. ViCoS Workflow
1. Toolbox Template for LEXUS
III. ViCoS Workflow
\lx speaker name
\lname last name
\mname maiden name
\bd birthday
\lg languages
\fra from area
1. Toolbox Template for LEXUS
III. ViCoS Workflow
possible fields:
\cd code\lingpal linguistics / palatalization\lingvar linguistics / variation\lingmisc linguistics / miscellaneous...
1. Toolbox Template for LEXUS
III. ViCoS Workflow
\esib elder sibling\ysib younger sibling
\1ch first child\2ch second child\3ch third child...
III. ViCoS Workflow
2. Starting Point in ViCoS
III. ViCoS Workflow
2. Starting Point in ViCoS
III. ViCoS Workflow
2. Starting Point in ViCoS
3. Relation Types Manager
III. ViCoS Workflow
III. ViCoS Workflow
3. Relation Types Manager
Relations needed for representing kinship systems:
I. symmetric relationA related to B and B related to A in the same waye.g. spouses (/ siblings)
II. functional relationfor each A there is a single B in its rangee.g. mother of / father of
III. ViCoS Workflow
3. Relation Types Manager
III. ViCoS Workflow
3. Relation Types Manager
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator
III. ViCoS Workflow
speaker name
geo I lingpal I lingvar I sp.info
5. Editor & Navigator
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator: Variation Patterns
general:
- automatically created relations (using toolbox file)
- automatically generated relations (e.g. transitive relation)
- “save” button for arrangements
- re-import into toolbox
- off line version
- links to archive
- export function (e.g. .jpg)
- display of more than one focused entry
- use other data categories as main / visible category
- partitioned pop-up windows
- show only subset of relations (e.g. only symmetric relations)
- staggered lines for multiple relations between two entries
IV. ViCoS Wishlist
specific:
- symbols for female / male (circle / triangle)
- additional coloured symbols (e.g. for variation patterns)
- automatically generated kinship relations,
e.g. cross cousin relation (MBS / MBD / FZS / FZD)
- links to archive
(based on speaker, link to e.g. biographical stories)
- show only subset of relations
(e.g. only palatalization patterns)
- use other data categories (e.g. code)
as main / visible category
- partitioned pop-up windows, also for relations
IV. ViCoS Wishlist
III. ViCoS Workflow
= tuu
= tyuu
= chuu
5. Editor & Navigator: Variation Patterns
III. ViCoS Workflow
5. Editor & Navigator: Variation Patterns