blog schedule.
blogs marked * are required research for seminars
blog 25 |
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blog subject:Describe how property is owned and managed among your people group. Are there any differences in view or approach between objects, garden or farm produce, animals, fruit trees, land and buildings? |
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resource questions for blog research:property |
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| What percent own their own land and/or business? | |
| Beyond basic necessities, what do they prefer to spend their money on? (clothes, parties, insurance policies, investments, labour-saving gadgets. | |
| Who pays for property or goods used for religious or spiritual purposes? | |
| Can names be inherited? Along which lines of inheritance? | |
| May ceremonial objects be sold? | |
| How is private property sold? How is the exchange effected? Who is responsible for setting the price – the buyer or the seller? Is such an exchange termed ‘giving’? | |
| Can borrowing become permanent? | |
| What kinds of expenditure do they consider extravagant? | |
| What is the relationship between people and nature – the earth, plants, and animals? | |
| Will the magical charm of one person work for another? | |
| Do people have their own private magical charms? | |
| Are certain areas privately owned? | |
| How did the current owners (in terms of nation or tribe) get possession of their land? | |
| What type of property can one own? | |
| Can one own land? | |
| Can one own fruit trees? | |
| Are clothes private property? | |
| Are names private? | |
| Are songs private property? Can everyone sing certain songs? | |
| Is there any relationship between human fertility and the fertility of the earth? | |