Soc-Anthro Social Institutions Lecture
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Transcript of Soc-Anthro Social Institutions Lecture
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS – is any structure ormechanism of social order and cooperation
governing the behavior of a set of individualswithin a given human community.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Definite objectives – they cannot be broken but they can be bended
Definite procedures based on customs andtraditions
Depend on collective activities of people
Interdependent
Involve authority or power
Behavioral patterns are relatively permanent
Replacing members - family
Teaching new members or recruits -
education
Producing, distributing and consuming -
economic
Preserving order - politics
Providing and maintaining a sense of purpose – religion
FAMILY – basic unit
Social institution based on kinship whichfunctions to replace members of societyand nurture new ones.
Blood (mother and daughter), legal
(husband and wife)
BOUNDED BY THREE RULES
Marriage – union of man and woman
(before), the legal union of man andwoman, (allows same sex marriage)(present)
Authority
Descent
MARRIAGE
1. Replacement of population throughreproduction
2. Regulation of sexual behavior – should be regulated in a specialized institution
3. Ascription of status4. Economic responsibility for dependents5. Socialization of the young
6. Provision of intimacy, belongingness,and emotional support
FORMS OF FAMILY
1. Nuclear - immediate
2. Extended – with relatives; traditionalform of family in the Philippines
MONOGAMY AND POLYGAMY
POLYGAMY – Polygyny (male with multiplewomen) and Polyandry (female with multiplemen)
AUTHORITY
1. PATRIARCHAL – head of the family isa male
patrilocal – lives within the
vicinity of the male2. MATRIARCHAL – head of the family
is a female
matrilocal – lives within the
vicinity of the female
DESCENT
CONSANGUINEAL KIN – related by blood
AFFINAL – related by law
MANIFEST – intended goals
Socialize children to be a productive
members of the society
Select and train individuals for a
position in the society
Promote social participation, change and
innovation
Enhance personal independence and
social development
LATENT – Confine and supervise underagecitizens
Weaken parental control over youths
Provide opportunities for peer culturesto develop
Set contexts for the development offriendships and mate selection
EDUCATION VS. SCHOOLING
EDUCATION – can be acquired anywhere
K12 EDUCATION
RELIGION – providing and maintaining asense of purpose
RITUALS and SYMBOLS
Symbols – artifacts
start and death
BELIEF SYSTEM
animism – not as gods but as guides ,
shamans (babaylan), totemism – e.g.construction of an icon to be place on aspecial spot in our houses
theism – monotheism, polytheism
ethicalism – truth, honor, tolerance
(respect)
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
ecclesiae
denominations – smaller number than
Catholics
sects
cults – practice outside a religion