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Kin
Kin usually refers to kinship and family. Kin or KIN may also refer to: Places * Kin empires and dynasties of China, now romanized as ''Jin'' *Kin, Okinawa, a town in Okinawa, Japan * Kin, Pakistan, a village along the Indus in Pakistan * Kin, Ye, a village in Ye Township, Myanmar * Kin, Mogok, a village in Mogok Township, Myanmar Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Kin'' (iamamiwhoami album), 2012 * ''KIN'' (KT Tunstall album), 2016 * ''Kin'' (Pat Metheny album), 2014 * ''Kin'' (Mogwai album), 2018 * ''Kin'' (Xentrix album), 1992 * ''Kin'' (Whitechapel album), 2021 Film * ''Kin'', a 2000 South African-British film by Elaine Proctor * ''Kin'' (film), a 2018 American science fiction film *''Kin'', upcoming Australian film written by Thomas Atkin, winner of the 2021 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing Television * "Kin" (''Justified''), a 2013 episode * "Kin" (''The Last of Us''), a 2023 episode * ''Kin'' (Irish TV series), Dublin cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinship
In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist Robin Fox says that the study of kinship is the study of what Human, humans do with these basic facts of lifemating, gestation, Parenting, parenthood, socialization, siblingship etc. Human society is unique, he argues, in that we are "working with the same raw material as exists in the animal world, but [we] can conceptualize and categorize it to serve social ends." These social ends include the socialization of children and the formation of basic economic, political and religious groups. Kinship can refer both to the patterns of social relationships themselves, or it can refer to the study of the patterns of social relationships in one or more human cultures (i.e. kinship studies). Over its history, anthropology has developed a number of related concepts an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin, Okinawa
is a town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In 1 October 2020, the town had an estimated population of 10,806 and a density of 290 persons per km2. The total area of Kin is . 59% of the land area of Kin remains under control of the United States military, the highest percentage of any municipality in Okinawa Prefecture. The population of the town is concentrated on a strip of land on the coast of Kin Bay. Kin is home to Camp Hansen, a military base of the United States Marines, as well as other smaller military installations. Kin is home to the Dragon Brand of awamori, with a Buddhist shrine built in 1522, and a 270-meter natural cave known as Kin Shonyudo that doubles as both a place of worship and a cellar for aging bottles of the drink. Kin is also claimed to be the origin of taco rice, a dish emblematic of modern Okinawan cuisine. Geography Kin is located at the middle of Okinawa Island, and is roughly triangular in shape. The town is roughly lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary purpose of Attachment theory, attachment, nurturance, and socialization. Anthropologists classify most family organizations as Matrifocal family, matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), wikt:conjugal, conjugal (a married couple with children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or Extended family, extended (in addition to parents, spouse and children, may include Grandparent, grandparents, Aunt, aunts, Uncle, uncles, or Cousin, cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin (iamamiwhoami Album)
''Kin'' (stylised in all lowercase) is the debut studio album by Swedish audiovisual project iamamiwhoami, led by singer and songwriter Jonna Lee. It was released on 11 June 2012 on Lee's label To whom it may concern. and distributed by Cooperative Music. Formats include digital, CD, LP and DVD. The album's lead single "Sever" was released digitally on 15 February 2012, followed by the release of each of the album's tracks once every fortnight throughout the spring of 2012. The physical DVD of ''Kin'' contains all the music videos which play together as a 45-minute film. Background ''Kin'' is iamamiwhoami's first full-length album, about two years after releasing two series of music videos (dubbed the "Preludes" and "Bounty" series) on YouTube. Additionally, during the Grammis in 2011, an anonymous woman accepted the Innovator of the Year award on behalf of iamamiwhoami and opened an envelope to reveal a blank piece of paper, hinting that the album had been in production since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin (film)
''Kin'' is a 2018 science fiction action film directed by Jonathan and Josh Baker and written by Daniel Casey, based on the Bakers' 2014 short film ''Bag Man''. The film stars Jack Reynor, Zoë Kravitz, Carrie Coon, Dennis Quaid, James Franco, and Myles Truitt in his acting debut. The story follows a young boy who finds a strange weapon at the time his newly paroled brother returns. The film was released in the United States on August 31, 2018, by Lionsgate Films. Upon release, the film was met with mixed to negative reviews from critics for its screenwriting and inconsistent tone, though the performances received some praise. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $10 million worldwide against a budget of $30 million. Plot Fourteen-year-old Elijah "Eli" Solinski lives in Detroit with his stern adoptive father Harold "Hal", a widower. While scavenging an abandoned building for copper wiring to sell, Eli discovers the aftermath of a skirmish, with armored corpses and high-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin (Irish TV Series)
''Kin'' is an Irish crime drama television series, co-created by Peter McKenna and Ciaran Donnelly, that was first broadcast on 9 September 2021 on RTÉ One. The series revolves around a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war, and stars Aidan Gillen and Ciarán Hinds as rival gang leaders Frank Kinsella and Eamon Cunningham. It became one of the most-watched series in Ireland. A second series followed in 2023.The series was acquired by the BBC in 2023 and Netflix in 2024. Background The series was first announced in November 2020, with co-creator Peter McKenna set as showrunner and Diarmuid Goggins as director of the first four episodes. Tessa Hoffe was later announced as director of episodes five to eight. Prior to the series' premiere, several news outlets stated the series was inspired by the Kinahan gang and the Hutch–Kinahan feud, and noted similarities to former RTE staple '' Love/Hate''. A show "insider" stated that "This is not the Kinahans' story, but peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinyarwanda
Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and the national language of Rwanda. It is a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is also spoken in adjacent parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, where the dialect is known as Ikinyakore, Rufumbira, or ''Urufumbira''. Kinyarwanda is universal among the native population of Rwanda and is mutually intelligible with Kirundi, the national language of neighbouring Burundi. Kinyabwishya and Kinyamulenge are mutually intelligible dialects spoken in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces of neighbouring DR Congo. In 2010, the Rwanda Academy of Language and Culture (RALC) was established to help promote and sustain Kinyarwanda. The organization attempted an orthographic reform in 2014, but it was met with pushback due to their perceived top-down and political nature, among other reasons. Geographic distribution Kinyarwanda is spoken in Rwanda, the Democratic Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kin
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and three companion books. Jordan died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the twelfth and final volume in the series. He prepared extensive notes, enabling Sanderson to complete the final book, which grew into three volumes: '' The Gathering Storm'' (2009), ''Towers of Midnight'' (2010), and ''A Memory of Light'' (2013). The series draws on numerous elements of both European and Asian mythologies, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism; the metaphysical concepts of balance, duality and a respect for nature found in Taoism; and the dualistic concepts of God and Satan which is the foundation of Zoroastrianism. ''The Wheel of Time'' is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin (Justified)
"Kin" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American Neo-Western television series '' Justified''. It is the 44th overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Fred Golan and story editor VJ Boyd and directed by Peter Werner. It originally aired on FX on February 5, 2013. The series is based on Elmore Leonard's stories about the character Raylan Givens, particularly "Fire in the Hole", which serves as the basis for the episode. The series follows Raylan Givens, a tough deputy U.S. Marshal enforcing his own brand of justice. The series revolves around the inhabitants and culture in the Appalachian Mountains area of eastern Kentucky, specifically Harlan County where many of the main characters grew up. In the episode, Raylan realizes that Arlo intends to use his knowledge of Drew Thompson to be released from prison and sets out to find him first. Boyd is also looking for Drew Thompson while Colt struggles in finding Ellen May. According to Nie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin (The Last Of Us)
"Kin" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series ''The Last of Us''. Written by series co-creator Craig Mazin and directed by Jasmila Žbanić, it aired on HBO on February 19, 2023. In the episode, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) travel to Jackson, Wyoming, where they find Joel's brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and his wife Maria (Rutina Wesley). The episode was filmed in November and December 2021. Žbanić was drawn to the story as she felt the functioning society of Jackson reflected her experiences growing up in Sarajevo. The town of Canmore, Alberta, was used to replicate Jackson; local businesses were transformed and buildings were constructed in the town, including a log wall on a major street. The episode received positive reviews, with praise for its writing, direction, cinematography, and performances of Pascal, Ramsey, and Luna. It was watched by 7.8 million viewers on its first day. Pascal submitte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin (KT Tunstall Album)
''Kin'' is the fifth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. The release of the album marked the first release in a trilogy of albums to be released by Tunstall, the other two albums ''Wax (KT Tunstall album), Wax'' and ''Nut (album), Nut'' were released in 2018 and 2022 respectively. ''Kin'' was released on 9 September 2016 worldwide, following up her previous album, the folk-toned ''Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon''. It was preceded by the ''Golden State EP'', which included one of the songs from the album, "Evil Eye (KT Tunstall song), Evil Eye". The album was produced by Tony Hoffer in a studio in Los Angeles. Spawning a total of four singles – "Maybe It's a Good Thing", "Hard Girls", "It Took Me So Long to Get Here, But Here I Am" and "Two Way (KT Tunstall and James Bay duet), Two Way", the album peaked at number seven on both the Scottish Singles and Albums Charts, Scottish Albums Chart and the UK Albums Chart, and debuted at number ninety-six in on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin (Whitechapel Album)
''Kin'' is the eighth studio album by American deathcore band Whitechapel. It was released on October 29, 2021 through Metal Blade Records. The album was produced by Mark Lewis. Background and promotion On September 23, 2020, guitarist Alex Wade revealed to Knotfest.com's "Mosh Talks" that recording had begun on the next Whitechapel album. Wade stated the COVID-19 pandemic had given them time to make a new album and that it would once again be produced by Mark Lewis. He also stated the album will contain clean vocals and melody as well as the trademark heaviness the band is known for. On August 31, 2021, Whitechapel released the first single "Lost Boy" along with an accompanying music video. At the same time, they announced the album itself, the album cover, the track list, and release date. On September 23, the band unveiled the second single "A Bloodsoaked Symphony" and its corresponding music video. On October 14, two weeks before the album release, the band published the thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
