ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dumpster Diving, Fredrik Barth, Basseri
14 Feb 2018
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This dichotomy reminds us that the relationship to nature changes when one simply partakes of the food that is available, and one tries to transform nature so as to obtain a bigger yield. But it is probably just as useful to divide these groups according to whether they are nomadic or sedentary. Here are the five main ways of making a living according to whether a population is nomadic or sedentary: In either case, these typologies are always reductionist, and we need to keep this in mind throughout this lesson. Urban foraging and dumpster diving: most of you know that in many cities of the world, poor people make a living from foraging in the urban jungle, so to speak. Part 3: pastoralism: people who raise animals and take care of herds are called pastoralists or herders. Studying pastoralism requires that we look both at the internal organization of such groups, and the outside forces by which they are set.
