ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Industrial Society, Conspicuous Consumption
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E(cid:454)tra(cid:272)tio(cid:374) produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374) distri(cid:271)utio(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) (cid:449)aste disposal. Industrial society: free to specialize & earn money to buy things we need instead of spending all of our time on producing food, shelter, etc. Most of us have no part in extraction, production, distribution. Although dis(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ted fro(cid:373) e(cid:454)tra(cid:272)tio(cid:374), (cid:449)e"re still (cid:448)er(cid:455) depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t o(cid:374) natural resources. Fossil fuels: cars, electricity, heat, cooking- synthetic products. Raw materials & precious metals: paper, gold. Search for gold: arrival of europeans; natives made into slaves to find gold for them. Excavator digs up soil in bedrock to find gold; starts hosing the area. Means of production: land, technologies, things needed to produce; people own the land. Women always cook- live in camp; prohibited to have much contact w/her. U(cid:374)(cid:271)ala(cid:374)(cid:272)ed e(cid:454)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge: (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) stra(cid:374)gers that"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)ted for material advantage. Emerged in extractive industries on margins of capitalist world system. Instead of resistance solidarity, excessive consumption may perpetuate further servitude & serve interests of capital.
