ANT204H1 Lecture Notes - Structural Adjustment, Cultural Determinism, Economic Determinism
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Note: the theme of this course is how we tend to simply and generalize the lives of people, while ignoring the complexities and changing realities: outline. Class and culture are mutually constituting and dynamic. In southern africa, the san were seen by afrikaner farmers as indigenous, as in, somewhat less human without the requirements like good housing or pay. Problem is, we can"t strictly categorize them as indigenous, or farm labourers, etc. since that would simplify the complex, and sometimes unpleasant history. Resist imposed identity through san kinship/naming system. San resisted afrikaner (typical first and last name) naming convention and used traditional san naming system. Naming for the san marks a location in a kinship system, community, provides a cultural identity. Idea that we should have minimum human intervention; basically libertarianism. Unhindered markets and free-trade should be prioritized. To bring about the most efficient and beneficial economic and social organization. From the free market, everything is at optimal efficiency.
