ANTHR207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Economic Anthropology, Social Democracy, Canada Revenue Agency
29 Dec 2015
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How do these economic relationships relate to other things. Clothing (3 iconic things you need to survive in life) Current society: people say they can"t survive without iphone. Other items: social interactions (family, friends), water, clean air, safety (protected by laws, safe from elements and predators) We crave comfort, security and safety but we are adventurous and explorers. Production, distribution, and consumption of the food is just as important as the food itself. Who controls the products that we need for survival. Study the interactions of humans with the nature. Local economic practices are shaped and reshaped by non-economic organizations. Consumption is the final phase of economic activity. Economic anthropology is the part of the discipline that debates issues of human nature that relate directly to the decisions of daily life and making a living" (wilk, Livelihood is doing what is necessary to sustain human life. Western society: can want this and want that .
