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Economy

Economy. Lecture Objectives. 1. Distinguish between the diverse modes of economic organization 2. Distinguish between modes and means of production 3. Differentiate between forms of exchange 4. Describe potlatch and be able to identify how it functions at both the local and regional levels.

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Economy

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  1. Economy

  2. Lecture Objectives • 1. Distinguish between the diverse modes of economic organization • 2. Distinguish between modes and means of production • 3. Differentiate between forms of exchange • 4. Describe potlatch and be able to identify how it functions at both the local and regional levels. • 5. Describe the role of the economic anthropologist and identify potential research topics. • 6. Identify the connection between economics and migration.

  3. Free Write

  4. Subsistence and Economy • Subsistence – • Subsistence Economies: • Intention – • Major characteristic – ______________

  5. Turtle Article • How has the Miskito Indian’s exploitation of the green sea turtle affected their economy? • How has the world market affected the Miskito economy?

  6. Turtle Article • Traditional SubsistenceEconomy: • Rely on sea turtles as a food source • _____________________ • _____________________________ • ___________________________________ • Commercial product • __________________________________ • _______________________________________

  7. Economy, Economics, & Anthropology • Economy • Economics • Economic Anthropology

  8. Economic Systems: Mode of Production • Based on ________________________________ • Mode of production: • Specific set of social relations that organizes labor

  9. Economic Systems: Mode of Production • Why would differences in mode of production occur between cultural groups practicing the same subsistence strategy? • _______________________________

  10. Exchange • What’s being exchanged? • ___________________ • Forms of Exchange: • Reciprocity • Redistribution • Market

  11. Media of Exchange ____________________________________ Examples: Money, shells, produce, animals, iron, salts, beads, livestock, cloth, slaves….

  12. Reciprocity • Foraging, horticulture, and pastoralism cultural groups • Everywhere groups exchange resources with other groups – Why? • _______________________________

  13. Reciprocity • Form of exchange used to maintain these relationships • Mutual transaction of objects without the use of a ___________________________ • Several different transaction types • ___________________________

  14. Reciprocity • Reciprocity Continuum ______________ ____________ __________ What do you think the differences are between these 3 forms? Which forms are based on social ties and trust?

  15. Redistribution • Resources collected from many individuals (or groups) • ______________________ • _______________________later draws from this pool/fund in returning public goods & services • _____________________________

  16. Trobriand Islanders Malinowski studied Trobrianders 1914-1917

  17. Market Exchange Objects & services are exchanged _______________ A possesses good that B wants B acquires the goods by giving A whatever amount of money that A and B agree upon A then uses the money to acquire more goods from other people

  18. Economic Concepts • (Law of) Supple and Demand • Supply: • Demand: • Together these influence the price, and so the amount, of a good for sale.

  19. Economic Anthropology • Hybrid – allows for investigation of economic behavior as it is lived and practiced • ________________________________ • Economic life described as being “__________________________” (Herskovitz, 1965, 7)

  20. Economic Anthropology • Importance of ___________________________ • These are balanced against decision making & maximizing • ______________________= individuals • Make choices

  21. Economic Anthropology • Main goal: _____________________________ • Categorizing ______________________ • What can behavior convey? • Examine ____________________________

  22. Economic Anthropology & Migration • Migration viewed as a dynamic process that responds to and is shared by broader economic, cultural, and social factors • Migration: • _______________________________(Kearney, 1986) • ______________________________________(Payne, 2006)

  23. Economic Anthropology & Migration • Contemporary migrants: _________________________ • Spatial differentials in employment opportunities represent: • _________________________ Study of migration is inextricably associated with _____ _________________ _________________

  24. Economic Anthropology & Migration • Remittances • Labor migration

  25. Economic Anthropology & Migration • Pushes and Pulls • Bridges and Barriers

  26. Economic Anthropology & Migration • Journal Entry on Economic Anthropology & Migration

  27. Economic Anthropology & Migration • Worksheet #3: Meintjes’ (2001) ‘Washing Machines Make Lazy Women’ • (Multiple) Symbolic, Gender Roles & Identity

  28. Economic Anthropology & Migration – Thursday, Feb 13th • Two articles: • Shandy’s The Road to Refugee Resettlement • Ehrenreich & Hochschild’s Global Economy in a New Economy

  29. The Road to Refugee Resettlement • What are the reasons for Thok Ding’s migration? • Do you believe other migrants share Thok Ding’s reasons? Why or why not? • Provide ideas about how anthropologists can contribute to migration policies and programs.

  30. Global Woman In a New Economy –Thursday, Feb 13th • What could be done to enable poor women in developing countries to raise their own children & have a decent standard of living? • This process seems to be an unintended consequence of more gender equality for women in developed countries. • What are untended consequences of gender equality?

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