ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Applied Anthropology, Terence Turner, David Graeber

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Katrina: the disaster and its doubles; nancy scheper-hughes. Globalization- the intensification of worldwide social relations that link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away, and vice versa. Neoliberalism- an economic philosophy that argues for minimal government involvement in the economy and greatly accelerated economic growth. Well-being, neoliberals argue, is best served by liberating individual entrepreneurs to operate in a framework of strong property rights, free markets, and free trade. Globalization, according to anthony giddens, is the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant locations together in such as way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring miles away, and vice versa (ca p. Has both economic and cultural effects on interconnected locales and people; anthropologists are well-suited to understanding these effects. Because anthropologists have historically studied less-powerful societies/groups, they are keenly aware of the effects of increased inequality in the wake of globalization.

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