Anthropology 1025F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Noble Savage, Malagasy People, Ankarana Reserve
19 Nov 2012
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Chapter 2: the meaning of progress and development. Foraging: someone who hunts for food and provision. Slash and burn/swidden: clearing forests by burning trees and brush and planting crops among the ashes of the cleared ground . The land would be cultivated from one to three years, then another plot would be burned and planted. Simple occupational roles developed to make decisions or resolve disputes. Groups organised into clans, and later on states. Agriculture: leaders organized labour for purpose of constructing public works. Noble savage : a common, romanticized stereotype of various indigenous peoples. The visual trappings and associations change depending on the culture, but the underlying idea is constant. The noble savage is portrayed as ignorant and simple-minded but simultaneously uncorrupted by any of the moral failings of modern civilization and possessing an innate wisdom and connection to nature. This makes us view different ways of living as better instead of just different.
