ANT 102 Lecture 6: Anthropology 102 - Lecture 6
23 Feb 2017
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Systems of production, consumption & exchange (of goods and services ) Economic anthropology; study of decisions & social interactions within diverse cultural-economic contexts (i. e. diverse systems of production, distribution, exchange, consumption) Characteristics of foraging societies: based on wild food, extensive strategy, requires high levels of skill and lek, small, mobile groups, cultural practices maintain carrying capacity , widespread cooperation reciprocity & food sharing , egalitarian politics, division of labor by gender. Pastoralism (herding) - subsistence based on care of domesticated animals. Diverse geographies, ethnicities and uses for animals. Pastoralism; characteristics & generalities: mobility (nomadism & transhumance, traditional ecological knowledge, tribal organization, semi - permanent settlements; communal lands, wealth is measured in animals, reciprocal exchange & bride wealth. Horticulture (e. g. swidden or shifting agriculture: extensive strategy, seed crops & root crops, permanent & rotating. Agriculture: domestication & cultivation of plants, permanent elds & intensi cation, land ownership, division of labor is hierarchical.
