ANTB19H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Trobriand Islands
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Explain the kula exchange in the eyes of bronislaw malinowski. Then formulate your own thesis on how you interpreted the experience of the trobrianders and what the kula exchange means to their social experience. In the eyes of malinowski, the kula exchange was a social experience that maintained political relationships and structures in the trobriand islands. I believe that the exchanges of the kula. Ring are a representation of social status and hierarchy in the trobriand community. Paragraph one will address malinowski"s literature on the kula exchange; where he discusses how the kula ring impacts the social order and social relationships within the. Paragraph two will speak to the development of a trading network, social and cultural interconnection, and the creation of peaceful relationships throughout the trobriand island. Paragraph three will explain the differences between a gift and a commodity in the kula exchange experience.
