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- 7.1
- are the main differences between rural and urban societies? ## What is a contemporary society? ## This cla... of conjuncture of cultures and orders. * Fluid. Societies are produced through their interactions with othe... e-world * Defined by unintended side-effects. All societies are changing all the time, but change goes in dif... than one kind of modernity. Specifically, * All societies change, but not all societies end up being the sa
- 2.2
- nd systems like this continue to function in many societies around the world. This practice of giving and rec... -big-moka.html. ## Classical Anthropology ## * Societies are wholes which are greater than the sum of their parts. * Societies have boundaries and structure which maintain orde... y is everywhere ## Gift economies are not simply societies in which there's a lot of gifts. A gift economy i
- 3.1
- reciprocate. * The gift has obligations because societies are more than the some of their parts. A society ... le who are interdependent on each other. * **All societies in some way impose the three obligations of recip... a very useful lens for understanding contemporary societies. This week, I'd like to develop these three ideas... w people understand new ways of exchange. * Many societies opt for 'develop-man' instead of 'development'.
- 5.1
- o such thing as [[:modernity|modernity]]. * All societies change all the time, but no two societies end up in the same place. * Societies cannot be ranked on scale of progress. * Global capitalism needs there to be a diversity of kinds of societies. Maimafu, Kabre, Kawelka are needed to make it po
- 8.1
- ner, there is a formal parallel between them. The societies are changing in different ways, but the process o... e **multiple modernities** thesis states: * All societies change, but societies do not all eventually end up at the same destination. * Social change cannot be meas... only one? What makes it different? ## Do secular societies have a 'sacred'? What are the distinctive cultu
- 1.2
- elps us to understand what happens when different societies influence each other, and how people in different... larger social context as part of a system. * **Societies are not fixed or inflexible.** Social rules are n... social system fit together in functional ways. * Societies have boundaries and order. * The purpose of anthr... used by colonial administrations to govern native societies. * Australian anthropology viewed indigenous soci
- 5.2
- on of capitalism does not mean that once isolated societies become integrated into a single global system. We... morality of economic activity ## One of the ways societies respond to market forces is by placing limits on ... rn "bitter money" (Shipton 1989) Market-driven societies also place some kind of moral limit on profit as ... ues which contrast with those found in gift-based societies. ## Dichotomous thinking ## An either-or disti
- 1.1
- ink about this: **What are the biggest problems societies face today?** Take note of what people say. Writ... larger social context as part of a system. * **Societies are not fixed or inflexible.** Social rules are n... g with the rules and structures of society. Yet societies change all the time, and new ways of life come in... y's key ideas in order to understand contemporary societies. ## A guide to the unit ## {{page>1002guide}}
- 8.2
- the past. * When Christianity is adopted by other societies, this idea of liberation can be one of its most... rial economies. * People hoped that postcolonial societies would leave behind traditional identities and s... f government. ### Globalization * Postcolonial societies have always needed to integrate themselves into
- 3.2
- gift system encounters a market economy? ## When societies which are largely integrated through gifts encoun... more closely at buying and selling - Capitalist societies make buying and selling possible - [[:Karl Marx
- 13.2
- rsection of two or more systems. * Contemporary societies are all different, but we can understand them a... side-effects. * Globalization involves change in societies. * Globalization allows people to recreate a cohe
- 2018
- is such a thing as human nature, and how and why societies change. In 1002, we approach anthropology by looking at big issues concerning contemporary societies around the world. We are trying to show that anth
- 6.1
- mily because you love them. But in contemporary societies--like Kabre, Maimafu, Mount Hagen, Trinidad, and ... th hearing that advanced, post-Fordist capitalist societies now depend on a global movement of labor from poo
- 4.0
- chains]] actually create greater distance between societies. Through global markets, the world is becoming re
- 13.1
- larger social context as part of a system. * **Societies are not fixed or inflexible.** Social rules are n