Social Network Genealogy
Social network genealogy reconstructs the social structure of a community from genealogical and archival records by representing kin, marriage, and affinal ties as a network and applying social network analysis to it. Built on the network approach to kinship pioneered by White and Jorion, it uses descent and marriage links — often combined with other archival relations — to study cohesion, brokerage, status, and the rise and fall of social groups, especially in historical populations.
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Sources
- White, D. R., & Jorion, P. (1992). Representing and computing kinship: A new approach. Current Anthropology, 33(4), 454–462. DOI: 10.1086/204097 ↗
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ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Genealogical Social Network Reconstruction. ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/en/anthropology/social-network-genealogy
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