ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Malaria, Marcel Mauss, Plantation Economy
8 Oct 2014
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Economic anthropology consumption but it is different from economics. Economy is a system of production, distribution and consumption of resources. Economic anthropology focuses on systems of production, distribution and. Mauss used ethnographic material from the maori of new zealand about the need to. This relationship based on the exchange of gifts is seen as the basis of many melanesian. The concept of the gift" reciprocate the gift societies and of social life in general. The gift is the foundation of social relations. Redistribution horticulture and agriculture, patoralism (the importance of a surplus) Kottak argues that adaptive strategy determines cultural forms. Gebusi use both horticulture and foraging as their mode of food production. Knauft stresses that at first contact, administration thought the gebusi were nomadic. They spend 45% of their nights away from village. They do cultivate gardens of plantains detailed description of how gardens are cleared. Sago palms are found in the forest but are not cultivated.
