ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Cargo Cult, Mass Psychogenic Illness
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Great magical value assigned to euroamerican goods. J. stephen lansing (1991) priests and programmers. Balinese society: each social unit has a temple. Subak: loca organization of irrigators sharing a local infrastructure. This place is the home of the spirits of those who have preceded us . Sawah agriculture requires a lot of social organization and timing. Irrigation and pest control; wet and dry. Not enough water for all the systems at once. All subaks and diversion dams must be managed together.
