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    The document discusses the concept of scale in sociology. Scale refers to the level of social complexity and total number of statuses needed for a society to function. It provides two examples - the Yanomamö village which has a smaller scale as it is small in size and division of labor, and the Caribbean which has a larger scale as the division of labor is more complex and parts are intrinsically linked. The document also discusses the island of Case Noyale which has a small population but cannot be considered isolated due to outside influences, demonstrating how scale depends on analyzing social relations and interdependencies rather than population size alone.

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    The document discusses the concept of scale in sociology. Scale refers to the level of social complexity and total number of statuses needed for a society to function. It provides two examples - the Yanomamö village which has a smaller scale as it is small in size and division of labor, and the Caribbean which has a larger scale as the division of labor is more complex and parts are intrinsically linked. The document also discusses the island of Case Noyale which has a small population but cannot be considered isolated due to outside influences, demonstrating how scale depends on analyzing social relations and interdependencies rather than population size alone.

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    The document discusses the concept of scale in sociology. Scale refers to the level of social complexity and total number of statuses needed for a society to function. It provides two examples - the Yanomamö village which has a smaller scale as it is small in size and division of labor, and the Caribbean which has a larger scale as the division of labor is more complex and parts are intrinsically linked. The document also discusses the island of Case Noyale which has a small population but cannot be considered isolated due to outside influences, demonstrating how scale depends on analyzing social relations and interdependencies rather than population size alone.

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    Scale

    PERSON AND SOCIETY


    - THOMAS HYLAND ERIKSEN
    What is scale?

     It could be seen as a measure of social


    complexity in a society. (see for instance Barth
    1978)
     The scale of a society can be defined as the
    total number of statuses necessary for the
    society to reproduce itself.
    Scale on community
    Yanomamö Village Caribbean

    - are a group of approximately - is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea,


    35,000 indigenous people who live in some its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean
    200–250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on Sea[4] and some bordering both the
    the border between Venezuela and Brazil. Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean)
    Comparison

    Yanomamö Village Caribbean


     Has the smaller scale  Has the larger scale
     Small in size  The division of labor is
     Relatively small in complex
    terms of its division of  There are ties of mutual
    labor dependency
     Intrinsically linked to
    systems of much larger
    scales
    Scale
    Case Noyale

     May also be
    regarded as a
    measure of relative
    anonymity: the
    larger the scale, the
    fewer the actors of
    the system one
    knows personally.
    Case Noyale
     An island state in the Indian ocean (Eriksen 1988).
     About 700 people; about 170 households.
     Fishing as main livelihood.
     Has grocery stores, shops and post office.
     May say this is a small-scale system. Work, the division of labor
    and specialization are limited.
     But cannot be justified as an isolated small-scale system.
     A fifth work outside. Several live elsewhere.
     Inhabitants receive knowledge from outside through radio
    and television.
     Products sold were imported from abroad.
    Scale of Society
     Scale can be relevant in the study of agency
     Sets limit but a product of simultaneous action.
     In order to say anything meaningful about the scale of
    society, it is necessary to investigate social relations
    carefully.
     Identify which tasks the members of society faced
     If tasks depend on many actors with specialized statues, the
    scale is by definition larger than would be the case in a
    society where everybody nearly knows everybody.
     Scale, also a situational, where actors move from small to
    large, and then back again as a daily basis.

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