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-# Bitter money #
-## Bitter money ##
-Ryan Schram
-ANTH 6916: Development and Culture--Key Concepts
-April 2015
-Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/6916/5
-## Tiv tugudu cloth. It makes a great gift! ##
-Here are some pictures of Tiv people (Benue State, Nigeria) wearing prestigious handwoven cloth, including *tugudu*: http://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/tiv-people-nigerias-forest-food.html.
-## Bitter money is an ethnography ##
-The subject of this essay is the Luo people of Kenya. It asks why they
-classify money according to its source, or how it is earned, and also
-stigmatize some money from some sources.
-In order to answer this, it uses ethnographic means. It wants us to
-see the world from the point of view of the Luo people, and to step
-into their shoes. Luo rural communities consist of many people,
-families, adults and children. They are also something greater than
-the sum of the parts. They live their lives, and they also follow a
-pattern.
-## Discussion questions ##
-* Can you imagine what a Luo village looks like? What do you expect to
-  see?
-* Shipton says that some things are not for sale (p. 1). Do you agree? What
-  would the world be like if in fact every exchange was mediated by
-  money?
-* By the same token, what would the world be like if there was no
-  money at all?
-* p. 23 - Today no Luo can do without money. Why not?
-* p. 39 - Bitter money afflicts the seller. Why not the buyer?
-* Where do Durkheim's concepts apply?
-* Where do you see Weber's concepts having relevance?
-* Modernity? Are Luo modern? Are there different kinds of modernity?