James Clyde Mitchell

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James Clyde Mitchell (usually known as J. Clyde Mitchell) (21 June 1918 – 15 November 1995) was a British sociologist and anthropologist.

In 1937 Mitchell helped found the Rhodes-Livingston Institute group of social anthropologists/sociologists, now a part of the University of Zambia. He was influenced by Max Gluckman. In the 1940s he carried out field research into social systems and social conditions in Central Africa (southern Malawi) interviewing heads of households in villages and urban areas and observing customs. In 1952 he was on the editorial committee of the Northern Rhodesia Journal.

Mitchell studied network analysis and was a founding member of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, contributing to its Connections magazine.

Publications

  • The Kalela dance: Aspects of social relationships among urban Africans in Northern Rhodesia, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1956
  • The Yao Village: a Study in the Social Structure of a Malawian Tribe Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1956, 1966, 1971
  • Social Networks in Urban Situations: Analysis of Personal Relationships in Central African Towns Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1969
  • Networks, Norms & Institutions, 1973
  • Configurational Similarity in Three Class Contexts in British Society, in Sociology, Vol. 19, 1985
  • Cities, Society, and Social Perception: A Central African Perspective 1987
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Sociology (from Latin: socitus, "companion"; and the suffix -ology, "the study of", from Greek λόγος, lógos, "knowledge") is the systematic and scientific study of society and societal behavior.
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University of Zambia is Zambia's largest university, founded in 1966. It has a student population of about 6,000. Its main campus is located on the Great East Road, about 7km from Lusaka City.

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Max Gluckman (26 January 1911 – 13 April 1975) was a South African-born British social anthropologist.

He grew up in South Africa, working later under the British Administration in Northern Rhodesia (esp. on the Barotse law, in what is now the Western Province, Zambia).
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The International Network for Social Network Analysis is the professional association of social network analysis.[1] The rapid increase in awareness of social networks, social network software, and social networking has led to lively discussions and influence beyond
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waYao, or Yao, is a major ethnic and linguistic group based at the southern end of Lake Malawi, which played an important part in the history of east Africa during the 1800s.
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