Sibling Relations among Herders in Mărginimea Sibiului (Southern Transylvania)
In southern Transylvania, sibling relations among herdsmen constitute a framework for organizing local shepherding practices. Our field data point to the importance of the brothers’ and sisters’ joint work in terms of the apprenticeship of young shepherds, the task rotation during seasonal transhuma...
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| description | In southern Transylvania, sibling relations among herdsmen constitute a framework for organizing local shepherding practices. Our field data point to the importance of the brothers’ and sisters’ joint work in terms of the apprenticeship of young shepherds, the task rotation during seasonal transhumance, the sharing of their parents’ herds, and (as a result) the intergenerational continuity of pastoral ownership. Therefore, sibling relations among herders should be considered not only demographic evidence of consanguinity but more importantly a traditional pattern of sociality and economic mutual help, i.e., an institution. The functionality of such an institutional model is confirmed by the anthropological literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-da69a598a8d245ee9ef8483899029a432025-08-20T02:13:01ZengNational Museum of the Romanian PeasantMartor1224-62712734-83502024-11-0129193210.57225/martor.2024.29.02Sibling Relations among Herders in Mărginimea Sibiului (Southern Transylvania)Marin Constantin0Francisc I. Rainer Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy; Department of Ethnology, Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, RomaniaIn southern Transylvania, sibling relations among herdsmen constitute a framework for organizing local shepherding practices. Our field data point to the importance of the brothers’ and sisters’ joint work in terms of the apprenticeship of young shepherds, the task rotation during seasonal transhumance, the sharing of their parents’ herds, and (as a result) the intergenerational continuity of pastoral ownership. Therefore, sibling relations among herders should be considered not only demographic evidence of consanguinity but more importantly a traditional pattern of sociality and economic mutual help, i.e., an institution. The functionality of such an institutional model is confirmed by the anthropological literature.https://martor.muzeultaranuluiroman.ro/archive/2024-29/2024-29-02/siblingspastoralismcross-cultural comparisonmărginimea sibiuluiromania |
| spellingShingle | Marin Constantin Sibling Relations among Herders in Mărginimea Sibiului (Southern Transylvania) Martor siblings pastoralism cross-cultural comparison mărginimea sibiului romania |
| title | Sibling Relations among Herders in Mărginimea Sibiului (Southern Transylvania) |
| title_full | Sibling Relations among Herders in Mărginimea Sibiului (Southern Transylvania) |
| title_fullStr | Sibling Relations among Herders in Mărginimea Sibiului (Southern Transylvania) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sibling Relations among Herders in Mărginimea Sibiului (Southern Transylvania) |
| title_short | Sibling Relations among Herders in Mărginimea Sibiului (Southern Transylvania) |
| title_sort | sibling relations among herders in marginimea sibiului southern transylvania |
| topic | siblings pastoralism cross-cultural comparison mărginimea sibiului romania |
| url | https://martor.muzeultaranuluiroman.ro/archive/2024-29/2024-29-02/ |
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