ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Economic System, Zande People, Ralph Linton
12 Dec 2016
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Fouth floo: meat mother and the caribou and moose. Themes: intelligence of animals: agency of moose, failed hunts: talk about animals without disrespecting them. Talk about how youre not very good at it so you donot show up the moose. Make other peoples look fixed/stuck in time. Eg. ongkas group: the leawelka or the azande (films: only shown, in lecture as a specific moment in time, diachronic studies. Often focus on change to: economic systems. Processes of change: ralph linton, all cultures interact and change, internal and external processes or motivations for change, discovery and invention, internal motivation, new things = change, linton: discovery is largely accidental but invention is intentional. Invention: the application of knowledge: diffusion, borrowing, when 2 cultures/groups of people are in contact, change comes from the outside, through your relationship with others, boas: primary way in which cultures change.
