ANT204H1 Lecture Notes - Conservation International, Thesis Statement, Cultural Anthropology
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Conclusions and the answer to every question you ever had about anything: course logistics, course review and case study 2. Last week: complexity and pattern in gudigwa: community = sameness. The idea of community, a community based conservation and development project, living within in this particular project was a cohesive community. Defining the sameness by grouping people into one group. Community based conservation so they could save wildlife and gain something in return. The problem is that community being the same is problematic. This is strategic, sounded like a step in the right direction, however by defining everyone as a community you could also discipline as a community. People within the community started acting out and the whole community was held accountable. Strategic disciplinary action in calling people a community . At the same time it gave people an element of agency. The ability to take community and use it to your own advantage.
