| dc.description.abstract | This study investigates the applicability of the Universal Kinship Terminology to the unique kinship system of the Lugisu, the system used by the Bagisu community found in the Eastern region of Uganda. Kinship terminology plays a vital role in understanding social structures and relationships within different societies. The Universal Kinship Terminology is a widely accepted classification system that categorizes kinship relations based on essential family ties found in many cultures around the world.
In this study, we looked at the universal kinship terms, Lugisu kinship terms and we compared the two kinship terminologies to see whether they are similar or they have differences. This study used the cross sectional design whereby, the data was collected from participants at a specific time point and no follow-up or longitudinal data was collected. This study used purposive sampling techniques where the researcher decided on who was going to be part of the study. An interview guide was used to gather the data that we used in this research.
In this project we will go ahead to look at some of the different kinship descents and which one is followed by the Bagisu. Also the different terminologies that are used for immediate family members, extended family members, in-laws and generational kinship terms.
In our findings, we discovered that the Lugisu kinship terms have similarities with the Universal kinship terms and this is because both in the Universal and Lugisu kinship terms, we have names that represent our close family members, in-laws, extended family members and generational family members. We also noticed that a few differences between the Universal and Lugisu kinship terms. One of the differences is that the Universal kinship terms have short and precise names while for the Lugisu kinship terms, there are some names which are too long. | en_US |
