تنطلق هذه الايام في وسط المملكة العربية السعودية ملتقى و مزاين قبيلة عتيبة، وقد لعبت هذه القبيلة كما لعبت القبائل الاخرى دورا مهما في توحيد الدولة السعودية على يد موحد هذه الدولة الملك عبد العزيز ال سعود رحمة الله، وللرغبة القاري الكريم في التعرف على الحياة الاجتماعية و التغيرات التي حدثت عليها، في قبيلة عتيبة ،وحيث ان الدراسات عن هذا الموضوع نادر جدا وقديمة، رغبت و احببت اطلاعكم على عنوان وملخص بحث الدكتور مانع الدعجاني و هو من الدراسات الاجتماعية والانثروبولوجية الحديثة عن هذه القبيلة و ذلك للفائدة العلمية
Continuity and Change Among the ‘Utaiba
Tribe In the Al-Duwadmi Province of Saudi Arabia
A Socio-Anthropological Study
Being a Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
in the University of Hull
U.K
By
Manea K. Al-Dajani
MAY 2000
First, All praise and thanks be to Allah, for His continuous help and guidance, without which this thesis would not have been completed. I would like to thank my sponsor, Al-Imam University, for offering a scholarship to enable me to continue my studies in Hull, and especially the staff of the Sociology Department in the Social Sciences College in Riyadh for their lasting help and support.
Abstract
This study explores the nature and extent of social change within Saudi Arabia since 1970, focusing on the ‘Utaiba tribe living in Al-Duwadmi province. The research examines continuity and change in al’Urf (traditional customary law), the economic system, family structure and function, and social solidarity. Differences in attitudes, values and behaviour between younger and older generations are also investigated.
A structural functional approach is adopted, which describes systems in terms of structures, mechanism, processes and functions. Particular attention is given to mechanisms of exchange by which social relationships are established and maintained.
Participant observation, a questionnaire survey, and in-depth interviews were conducted in 316 households in Al-Duwadmi: city and 8 of the surrounding’ villages, 4 agrarian and 4 semi-nomadic.
The findings reveal many changes of lifestyle, though core values remain unchanged. Some al’Urf (traditional laws) continue to be observed, with modification, though there has been an erosion of the authority of tribal leaders, especially over the younger people. Social solidarity remains strong, the motive for exchange being religious as well as instrumental.
The ‘Utaiba have benefited from the wider occupational opportunities brought by settlement and development, though they still cling to camel breeding as a source of status and symbol of identity. Various traditional crafts are declining under competition from mass-produced products, but education is making wider opportunities available to them. Increased reliance on hired foreign workers brings new cultural influences.
Despite changes in fashions and customs related to marriage and new forms of leisure, especially for the young, family solidarity and influence are essentially unchanged. Marriages are still mainly endogamous and residence patrilocal.
Overall economic and technological development have changed many aspects of ‘Utaiba life, but have not challenged their Islamic values, social solidarity or sense of Beduw (Bedouin) identity.
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