ANTH 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Marcel Mauss, Hunter-Gatherer, Macuna People

• School: McGill University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 206
• Professor: Pierre- Alexandre Paquet

Document Summary

Lecture 7 hunter notions of human-animal relations part 1: What is common in hunter gatherer societies is the notion of reciprocity. Animals are non-human persons, social actors: when they respond to the actions of hunters, they give themselves to people to be hunted (perception). The hunter therefore must reciprocate by giving respect. Give themselves to people hunters must reciprocate and show respect: different ways: food taboos, rituals, ritual feasts, treatment of carcasses, restrictions against o(cid:448)e(cid:396) hu(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d (cid:858)pla(cid:455)i(cid:374)g(cid:859) (cid:449)ith a(cid:374)i(cid:373)als. If (cid:374)ot (cid:396)espe(cid:272)ted, (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:373)ake people si(cid:272)k, a(cid:374)i(cid:373)als (cid:449)o(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)e available, etc. (this is present in some cultures). Sometimes hunte(cid:396)s (cid:858)t(cid:396)i(cid:272)k(cid:859) a(cid:374)i(cid:373)als, use (cid:373)agi(cid:272: not always that animals are just giving themselves freely, also the notion hunters must have special ways to make animals give themselves. Notio(cid:374) of (cid:862)gift(cid:863) (marcel mauss) two sided not freely given pa(cid:396)t of e(cid:454)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge . (yupik inuit, makuna of the amazon (master of animals, hunters need to seduce animals).