ANTH 1031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Achieved Status, Meyer Fortes, African Political Systems
1 Feb 2017
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Watched video about traditional moka ceremonies in papua new guinea amongst the. Kawelka people (how the big man prepares, how they celebrate/the ceremony itself, the political/economic aspect) Why were mika ceremonies so signi cant in papua new guinea. Studies the maintenance and establishment of social order. Kawelka of papua new guinea: in uence rather than institutionalized power; power of persuasion (ongka could persuade but could not give orders) Chief has real authority (can give orders) Local (wherever they happen to be at the time) Society wields power over the people by imposing constraints. Power means the ability to control the allocation of resources and the ability to control meaning and in uence identity information. Those in power are most able to have their purposes and interests de ned as those of society at large ( you elected me so my interests are your interests ) The activity by which humans preserve, amend, and change the rules under which they live.
