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.

5. Describe the role of the economic anthropologist and identify potential research topics.

6. Identify the connection between economics and migration.

Free Write

Subsistence and Economy

Subsistence –

Subsistence Economies:

Intention –

Major characteristic – ______________

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?

Turtle Article

Traditional Subsistence Economy:Rely on sea turtles as a food source

_____________________

_____________________________

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Commercial product__________________________________

_______________________________________

Economy, Economics, & Anthropology

Economy

Economics

Economic Anthropology

Economic Systems: Mode of Production

Based on ________________________________

Mode of production:Specific set of social relations that organizes

labor

Economic Systems: Mode of Production

Why would differences in mode of production occur between cultural groups practicing the same subsistence strategy?

_______________________________

Exchange

What’s being exchanged?___________________

Forms of Exchange:Reciprocity RedistributionMarket

Media of Exchange

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Examples:

Money, shells, produce, animals, iron, salts, beads, livestock, cloth, slaves….

Reciprocity

Foraging, horticulture, and pastoralism cultural groups

Everywhere groups exchange resources with other groups – Why?_______________________________

Reciprocity

Form of exchange used to maintain these relationships

Mutual transaction of objects without the use of a ___________________________

Several different transaction types

___________________________

Reciprocity

Reciprocity Continuum

______________ ______________________

What do you think the differences are between these 3 forms?

Which forms are based on social ties and trust?

Redistribution

Resources collected from many individuals (or groups)______________________

_______________________later draws from this pool/fund in returning public goods & services_____________________________

Malinowski studied Trobrianders 1914-1917

Trobriand Islanders

Market Exchange

Objects & services are exchanged _______________

A possesses good that B wantsB acquires the goods by giving A whatever

amount of money that A and B agree uponA then uses the money to acquire more goods

from other people

Economic Concepts

(Law of) Supple and DemandSupply: Demand:

Together these influence the price, and so the amount, of a good for sale.

Economic Anthropology

Hybrid – allows for investigation of economic behavior as it is lived and practiced

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Economic life described as being “__________________________” (Herskovitz, 1965, 7)

Economic Anthropology

Importance of ___________________________These are balanced against decision

making & maximizing

______________________= individualsMake choices

Economic Anthropology

Main goal: _____________________________

Categorizing ______________________What can behavior convey?

Examine ____________________________

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)

Economic Anthropology & Migration

Contemporary migrants: _________________________

Spatial differentials in employment opportunities represent:_________________________

Study of migration is inextricably associated with _____ _________________ _________________

Economic Anthropology & Migration

Remittances

Labor migration

Economic Anthropology & Migration

Pushes and Pulls

Bridges and Barriers

 

Economic Anthropology & Migration

Journal Entry on Economic Anthropology & Migration

Economic Anthropology & Migration

Worksheet #3: Meintjes’ (2001) ‘Washing Machines Make Lazy Women’

(Multiple) Symbolic, Gender Roles & Identity

Economic Anthropology & Migration – Thursday, Feb 13th

Two articles:Shandy’s The Road to Refugee

Resettlement

Ehrenreich & Hochschild’s Global Economy in a New Economy

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.

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?