ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Harpoon, Yahweh, David Akin
24 Apr 2018
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In this way, potlatching established a social safety net across a wide area of the northwest: shows link between the three economic processes of production, consumption, and exchange. Mode of consumption: the dominant way, in a culture, of using up goods and services. Mode of exchange: the dominant way, in a culture, of transferring goods, services, and other items between and among people and groups. Consumption has 2 senses: a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:862)i(cid:374)take(cid:863) i(cid:374) te(cid:396)(cid:373)s of eati(cid:374)g o(cid:396) othe(cid:396) (cid:449)a(cid:455)s of usi(cid:374)g thi(cid:374)gs; it is (cid:862)output(cid:863) i(cid:374) te(cid:396)(cid:373)s of spe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g o(cid:396) usi(cid:374)g (cid:396)esou(cid:396)(cid:272)es to obtain those things, ex. Mode of consumption: the dominant pattern, in a culture, of using things up or spending resources in order to satisfy demands. Mode of exchange: the dominant pattern, in a culture, of transferring goods, Based on the relationship between demand (what people want) and supply (the resources available to satisfy demand):
