ANTH 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vegetable Ivory, Freedos, Universal Health Care

• School: Towson University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 209
• Professor: Katharine Fernstrom

Document Summary

85: button is a technological, economic, social, and political invention; it attributes function and style. 87: before 1935, buttons were handcrafted from vegetable ivory and was originally a labor intensive process. Latent: hidden functions of a behavior of which people may not even be aware of. We have no knowledge or respect for other cultures. Universal healthcare would allow us to move, change jobs, etc. Controls on pollutions would free us from limits on behaviors/health problems. 210: (cid:862)e(cid:448)er(cid:455) freedo(cid:373) (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e restri(cid:272)ts o(cid:374)e of (cid:373)i(cid:374)e so (cid:455)our freedo(cid:373)s (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e li(cid:373)ited (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:373)i(cid:374)e, and both of us must restrain our exercise of freedo(cid:373)s i(cid:374) the (cid:374)a(cid:373)e of the (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455)(cid:863) 213: effi(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) does (cid:374)ot e(cid:454)ist; (cid:862)it is a ratio(cid:374) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455) of (cid:448)arious (cid:373)easure(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts of i(cid:374)put a(cid:374)d output(cid:863) 217: (cid:862)e(cid:448)er(cid:455) a(cid:272)t of (cid:862)progress(cid:863) or (cid:862)(cid:373)oder(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)(cid:863) threate(cid:374)s the (cid:449)ell (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g of (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:863) 219: (cid:862)we ha(cid:448)e to get (cid:271)e(cid:455)o(cid:374)d treati(cid:374)g our (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tr(cid:455)"s histor(cid:455) as a (cid:272)ultural i(cid:272)o(cid:374) or a (cid:272)reatio(cid:374) myth.