Kinship, Formal Models of

Read, Dwight W.

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“…From the self position, we have an ascending direction determined by the parent position in relationship to the self position and a descending direction determined by the child position in relationship to the self position. (Read et al 2014: 68) As indicated, Read et al (2014) and Read (2015) make it clear that this model is not peculiar to a particular form of family -the nuclear family for example. The authors thus posit that each position within the model may be instantiated, according to cultural criteria, by one particular individual or several (Read et al 2014: 67 and Figure 1).…”

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Chapter 8: Dwight Read: Towards a New Paradigm: Followed by a Discussion Between the Author and Dwight Read

l'Etang¹

2019

Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences

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The first [the descriptive system] … describes collateral consanguinei, for the most part, by an augmentation or combination of the primary terms of relationship. These terms, which are those for husband and wife, father and mother, brother and sister, and son and daughter, to which must be added, in such languages as possess them, grandfather and grandmother and grandson and granddaughter, are thus restricted to the primary senses in which they are here employed. All other terms are secondary. Each relationship is thus made independent and distinct from every other. But the second [the classificatory system] …, rejecting descriptive phrases in every instance, and reducing consanguinei to great classes by a series of apparently arbitrary generalizations, applies the same terms to all the members of the same class. It 136 thus confounds relationships, which, under the descriptive system, are distinct, and enlarges the signification both of the primary and secondary terms beyond their seemingly appropriate sense.

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confidence: 97%

Chapter 8: Dwight Read: Towards a New Paradigm: Followed by a Discussion Between the Author and Dwight Read

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2019

Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences

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“…[10] which takes kinship terminology and algebraically constructs kin term maps and genealogical diagrams (family trees) of the resulting kin term maps. As we will see later, the algebraic structures produced by Read et al in [10] and [11] can be used to help formalize kinship relationships as definable relations. Figure 2 outlines mediation structures used to describe kinship in [11,12]: these mathematical structures are used to relate two, otherwise unrelated, conceptual categories together using a mediating category 9 .…”

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“…As we will see later, the algebraic structures produced by Read et al in [10] and [11] can be used to help formalize kinship relationships as definable relations. Figure 2 outlines mediation structures used to describe kinship in [11,12]: these mathematical structures are used to relate two, otherwise unrelated, conceptual categories together using a mediating category 9 . In Figure 2a, a structure for a family with one child is presented: the three categories are shown as the Mother, Father, and Child boxes, each with their own gender attributes.…”

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“…He presents a construction methodology 10 that maps the kin terminology with the kin term map. In Section 4, we show how the mediation structures presented in [10,11] correspond to mathematical graph structures used to verify the kinship ontology presented in this paper.…”

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“…In the sections that follow, we provide an overview of our axiomatization of Read's algebraic structures and show how our first-order ontology can describe kinship and familial relationships. Regardless of which anthropological kinship system is used to describe relationships, the ontology is sufficient to axiomatize the following: the terms found in each system, the intended semantics of the algebraic structures presented by Read in [11], and definitions in Canadian legal documentation.…”

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The near ubiquity of family relationship ontologies in the Semantic Web has brought on the question of whether any formal analysis has been done in this domain. This paper examines kinship relationships that are normally overlooked in formal analyses of domain-specific ontologies: how are such ontologies verified and validated? We draw inspiration from existing work done in anthropology, where attempts have been made to formally model kinship as atemporal algebraic models. Based on these algebraic models, we provide an ontology for kinship written in first-order logic and demonstrate how the ontology can be used to validate definitions found in Canadian legal laws and data collection documentation.

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Kinship, Formal Models of

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Chapter 8: Dwight Read: Towards a New Paradigm: Followed by a Discussion Between the Author and Dwight Read

Chapter 8: Dwight Read: Towards a New Paradigm: Followed by a Discussion Between the Author and Dwight Read

An Ontology for Formal Models of Kinship

From Past to Present: The Deep History of Kinship

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