Anthropology101 Economics
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- Types of Exchange:
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gift (Papua New Guinea)
commodity (US) - Labour Theory of Value (Marx)
- factory production not satisfactory, too much alienation
- 3 obligations of The Gift (Mauss)
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-to give
-to recieve
-to repay - Kula
- shell necklaces and bracelets (currency of exchange): (exchanged only to make a relationship, to allow further trade)
- Potlatch (Native Americans)
- throw metal and furs over cliff (conspicuous consumption)
- inalienable
- cannot be taken away
- alienable
- can be separated from you
- reciprocal independence
- no relationship or obligation
- reciprocal dependence
- endless chain of obligations (ex: Onka's Big Moka)
- "hau" - Mauri (Mauss)
- your "spirit" that stays with the object
- Total System
- explains everything (Ex: the gift, witchcraft, etc...)