Care Anthropology / Anthropology of Caring

Welcome to Week 2 of Transforming Lives through Care  at La Trobe University. Last week, you completed a brief introduction to  anthropology  and to  care  and we focused on two anthropological concepts:  society  and  culture . Now we are going to another classic anthropological concept-- kinship --in order to understand care. The contention is that the family is structured and it provides the most basic structure for providing of care in human societies.  🎯 Learning Goals By the end of this week, you should be able to: explain the idea of  kinship use the concept of   kinship  to analyse caring practices  critique the idea of  kinship 🚦  Introduction: Kinship Kinship  is the study of families in different cultures—who counts as family, the roles family members play, and how these relationships are formed and understood. In every culture I know of, caring is a crucial part of family life. This week, we an...