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+ | ~~DECKJS~~ | ||
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+ | # "Pigs are our strong thing" # | ||
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+ | ## Ongka and the gift ## | ||
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+ | Ryan Schram | ||
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+ | Mills 169 (A26) | ||
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+ | ryan.schram@sydney.edu.au | ||
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+ | Monday, August 7, 2017 | ||
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+ | Available at: http:// | ||
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+ | ## The Kula Ring ## | ||
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+ | ## Bagi ## | ||
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+ | (Necklace [*bagi*], late 20th century, Pacific Ethnographic Collection #80.1/3369, American Museum of Natural History) | ||
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+ | ## Mwali ## | ||
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+ | (Armband [*mwali*], late 20th century, Pacific Ethnographic Collection #80.1/3409, American Museum of Natural History) | ||
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+ | ## Look closely ## | ||
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+ | Vase or faces? (Rubin 1915) | ||
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+ | Which way is the cube oriented? (Necker 1832) | ||
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+ | ## Who is he? ## | ||
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+ | What do you notice about this person? (Nairn 1976) | ||
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+ | ## Let's watch ## | ||
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+ | We will watch the first part of // | ||
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+ | ## What did you think? ## | ||
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+ | Take out a piece of paper. Talk for a few minutes with the person or | ||
+ | people next to you. What questions do you have? What do you want to | ||
+ | know more about? What would be good to discuss in tutorial? | ||
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+ | Write down your questions and reactions. | ||
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+ | Now you can take that piece of paper to tutorial, and discuss your | ||
+ | ideas in class. | ||
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+ | ## Why exchange? | ||
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+ | Do people have, as Adam Smith says, a natural " | ||
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+ | If so, why do people exchange bagi for mwali, and then exchange mwali for bagi? Why do people often exchange identical things, like a pot of water for another pot of water? What is the motivation for these kinds of transactions where nothing is gained? | ||
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+ | ## What's next ## | ||
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+ | On Wednesday, we learn why Ongka must give moka, and must reciprocate | ||
+ | moka. The answer comes from the theories of **[[:Marcel Mauss]]**. | ||
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+ | We discuss why gifts create obligations: | ||
+ | reciprocate. | ||
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+ | We then talk about why this matters to understanding contemporary | ||
+ | society. | ||
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+ | ## References ## | ||
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+ | Anonymous. late 20th century, A.D. Armband. Shell, string, bead, seed, fiber, leaf (palm). 80.1/ 3409. Pacific Ethnographic Collection, American Museum of Natural History. http:// | ||
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+ | -----. late 20th century, A.D. Necklace. Shell, cord. 80.1/ 3369. Pacific Ethnographic Collection, American Museum of Natural History. http:// | ||
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+ | Nairn, Charlie. 1976. Ongka' | ||
+ | Television. http:// | ||
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+ | Necker, L. A. 1832. " | ||
+ | phaenomena seen in Switzerland; | ||
+ | occurs on viewing a figure of a crystal or geometrical solid" | ||
+ | and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 1(5): | ||
+ | 329-337. | ||
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+ | Rubin, Edgar. 1915. Synsoplevede figurer, studier i psykologisk | ||
+ | Analyse, Ite Del. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. | ||
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+ | Smith, Adam. 1843 [1776]. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations With a Life of the Author: Also a View of the Doctrine of Smith, Compared with That of the French Economists, with a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works, from the French of M. Jariner. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson. | ||
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+ | ## A guide to the unit ## | ||
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+ | {{page> | ||
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