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1002:2022:6.1 [2022/08/31 17:21] Ryan Schram (admin)1002:2022:6.1 [2022/09/01 16:26] (current) – [In the migration story of reunification, money creates kinship] Ryan Schram (admin)
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 As Carsten notes, when the doing of kinship through care is important, then you don’t really need a long genealogical memory of descent. As Carsten notes, when the doing of kinship through care is important, then you don’t really need a long genealogical memory of descent.
  
-  * In the Pulau Langkawi community Carsten lived, few people had detailed knowledge of their ancestors, who were usually born elsewhere and migrated (Carsten 1995, 320). What matters are the horizontal ties of care in the present (Carsten 1995, 320).+  * In the Pulau Langkawi community Carsten lived, few people had detailed knowledge of their ancestors, who were usually born elsewhere and migrated (Carsten 1995, 320). What matters are the horizontal ties of care in the present (Carsten 1995, 323).
  
 Imagine conducting a population survey or census in this community. Can you ask about parents and children? Does that matter to understanding people’s economic status, health, or residence? Imagine conducting a population survey or census in this community. Can you ask about parents and children? Does that matter to understanding people’s economic status, health, or residence?
  
-  * For the most part, demographers and other survey research already learned about the diversity of family from anthropology and don’t ask questions with ethnocentric assumptions.+  * For the most part, demographers and other survey researchers have already learned about the diversity of family from anthropology and don’t ask questions with ethnocentric assumptions.
   * They ask instead about the members of a household, a group of people living together, irrespective of how they are related.   * They ask instead about the members of a household, a group of people living together, irrespective of how they are related.
   * But even the idea of “living together” rests on some assumptions about daily routines, economic activity, and the overall social and economic structure of society. You wouldn’t ask people in Pulau Langkawi or Maimafu how long their commute to work is, would you?   * But even the idea of “living together” rests on some assumptions about daily routines, economic activity, and the overall social and economic structure of society. You wouldn’t ask people in Pulau Langkawi or Maimafu how long their commute to work is, would you?
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 ===== What is the best first question for a household survey? ===== ===== What is the best first question for a household survey? =====
  
-  * <html><s></html>How many children do you have? What does your husband do for work, ma’am?<html></s></html> 😡+  * <del>How many children do you have? What does your husband do for work, ma’am?</del> 😡
   * Who are the people who live here? 😕   * Who are the people who live here? 😕
   * **Who eats here?** 👍   * **Who eats here?** 👍
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 ===== In the migration story of reunification, money creates kinship ===== ===== In the migration story of reunification, money creates kinship =====
  
-Sending money home is often not about material or practical concerns. It is not an act of desparation; it’s a specific way of being a global worker, consumer, and citizen.+Sending money home is often not about material or practical concerns. It is not an act of desperation; it’s a specific way of being a global worker, consumer, and citizen.
  
   * A major purpose for remittances sent by Samoans living overseas is //faʻalavelave//—gifts of money for community projects (Gershon 2012).   * A major purpose for remittances sent by Samoans living overseas is //faʻalavelave//—gifts of money for community projects (Gershon 2012).
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