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Comparative essay: social organization of space I will deal with the topic of how space is regarded differently in the ethnographies I've studied. I will treat this phenomena as it occurs in Turnbull's representation of Mbuti society;the guaranies eesays on their historical development; the Trobriand ethnography by Annete Weiner and Archetti's representation of the ecuatorian peasant society. When talking about Turnbull's view of the Mbuti society one must first define two basic concepts called Ekimi and Akami. Turnbull says the Mbuti used the word Akami, meaning "noise", to mean not only noise but also conflict, and explains that fighting against a tightly cooperative camp can spoil a hunt just as effectively as to much noise as the wrong moment. They are also said to consider killing the main source of Akami and this is why adults, the hunters in this society, are considered contaminated and cannot have the power of justice.Silence or...

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