ANTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Communist Party Of Vietnam, Ethnoecology, Postcolonialism
● Effects of Colonialism:
○ Postcolonial studies: analysis of interactions between European nations and
societies they colonized
○ Entire countries and social groups were colonial inventions
○ Modern political boundaries based on linguistic, political contrasts resulting from
European colonial policies
● The “Second World”: Former Soviet Union nations and the socialist and once-socialist,
countries of Eastern Europe and Asia
○ Often associated with communism
● communism (small c): social system in which property is owned by the community and
in which people work for the common good
● Communism (large C): a political movement and doctrine seeking to overthrow
capitalism and establish a form of communism
○ Currently five Communist states compared with 23 in 1985
■ China
■ Cuba
■ Laos
■ North Korea
■ Vietnam
○ Communist party monopolizes power
■ States own means of productions
■ Regimes cultivated a sense of belonging to an international movement
● World System today:
○ Industrialization of the 20th century added hundreds of new industries and
millions of new jobs
■ Mass production gave rise to a culture of consumption
■ Industrialization entailed a shift from renewable resources to the use of
fossil fuels
○ Industrial Degradation:
■ Industrialization, factory labor characteristic
● Destruction of indigenous economies, ecologies, and indigenous
people
● Climate Change:
○ Precise local effects undetermined
○ Energy needs
○ Arctic landscapes and ecosystems changing rapidly and perceptibly
○ Coastal communities have increased flooding and severe storms
○ Human influence: use of fossil fuels and consumerism
○ Accelerate migration, destabilize communities, exacerbate spread of infectious
diseases
○ Most affected peoples will live on the environmental periphery
○ Anthropologists can play a role
● Ecological Anthropology: the study of cultural adaptations to environments
○ Ethnoecology: society’s set of environmental practices and perceptions
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Document Summary
Postcolonial studies: analysis of interactions between european nations and societies they colonized. Entire countries and social groups were colonial inventions. Modern political boundaries based on linguistic, political contrasts resulting from. The second world : former soviet union nations and the socialist and once-socialist, countries of eastern europe and asia. Communism (small c): social system in which property is owned by the community and in which people work for the common good. Communism (large c): a political movement and doctrine seeking to overthrow capitalism and establish a form of communism. Currently five communist states compared with 23 in 1985. Regimes cultivated a sense of belonging to an international movement. Industrialization of the 20th century added hundreds of new industries and millions of new jobs. Mass production gave rise to a culture of consumption. Industrialization entailed a shift from renewable resources to the use of fossil fuels. Destruction of indigenous economies, ecologies, and indigenous people.
