ANT1101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)
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Modes: capitalist, kin based (done within family ex. foragers) basic objective: to provide for immediate family, may sell some stuff in the end, but mostly for family. Means of production: land, labour, tech (labour: age and gender play a role. Capitalist mode in industrial societies: alie(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of (cid:449)orkers: does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e sa(cid:455) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s of produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374), does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol i(cid:374) e(cid:374)d produ(cid:272)t. Allocating productive resources: allocating resources (labout, time , money) Rational allocation: scare recourses to alterative ends. How people decide to use s(cid:272)ar(cid:272)e resour(cid:272)es (cid:374)eed to (cid:373)ake (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e. what do do (cid:449)ith their (cid:373)o(cid:374)e(cid:455), or ti(cid:373)e: subsistence fund : how are we going to feed ourselves. Need to dedicate time, money, resources to that: replacement fund : resources for repairing tools, social fund : invest i(cid:374) a so(cid:272)ial relatio(cid:374)s. ca(cid:374)"t li(cid:448)e (cid:449)ithout the(cid:373). Takes effort: ceremonial fund: investment in a religious activity, that tie you to the community, rent fund: paid for use of property.
