ANTHRARC 282 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dowry, Ahome, Neoliberalism
26 Apr 2016
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Small, <100 people: often foraging based, kinship based, relatively egalitarian, no formal law or figure head, ex: inuit (arctic region foragers, tribes, horticulturalists. Be able to describe three dimensions of stratification: wealth, power and prestige in state: to prestige (cultural capital, esteem, respect) systems, wealth material assets, power ability to exercise will over others, prestige cultural capital, esteem, respect. How are achieved and ascribed status relevant to political systems, according to kottak: achieved, ascribed, are not automatic, come through choices, actions, efforts, talents, accomplishments, may be positive or negative, ex: bug nan, healer, senator, convicted felon, terrorist, salesperson. General questions to think about: how are concepts of public and private connected to social control (see lecture/ slides in particular), how does surveillance usually work, according to lecture, the idea of observational control, how is the concept of time important to identity? (lecture, bergmann).
