ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Inuit Diet, Pastoralism, Relate
6 Sep 2017
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Modes of subsistence = ways society can make a living (hunter-gathering, horticulture, pastoralist, agriculturalist, etc. ) Often complementary (not everyone needs to know how to do everything, specialize) Women"s roles affected by reproductive role (childbirth, nursing, infant care) Roles can change with economic, political, and social factors. Water (women do most work = input most important in designed new community water system) Reciprocity ( i give you something, you give me something in return ) Food sources include: game hunting, shing, collecting. Give clues to understanding how our ancestors may have lived. People attempting to return this way of living (hunter-gathering) Most display gender equality, but related to source of food or dangerous acts. Diet based mainly on meat and sh. Emphasis on male labour (hunting/ shing = dangerous) Clear gendered division of labour, more specialization. Still largely egalitarian (equality of social status for men and women) Maasai: women take care of calves (milking, distributing/trading milk), men herd cattle.
