POLI 361 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Oyo Empire, Primordialism, Essentialism
10 Dec 2018
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Membership is based on descent, and it is inherited at birth, fixed (unchangeable), universal (all group members have same traits, capacities, behaviours ) Thus, it is natural (blood and genes), and shared culture (lang, religion, trad ) primordialist conception of race/ethnicity (lecture) Membership is based on descent, and even tho it is inherited at birth, it is not. Not, although thought of as fixed, universal, natural. Thus, it is actually durable (changes over time), shared, (or imagination of shared), and not natural (yet people act as if it is) Creole in louisiana, irish in the us. Yoruba: oyo empire-- now known as nigeria. Political system of kingdoms. constructivist conception of race/ethnicity (lecture) Idea that it isgroup of theories that agree that people can have multiple ethnic identities, and the identies can change, and groups are not necessarily. Homogenous, and not natural-- but produced thru political, economic, cultural instrumentalist conception of race/ethnicity (lecture)
