ANT207H1 Lecture 1: Week 1 - Lecture Introducing Core Concepts
British'Empire'arrived'in'Papa'New'Guinea'
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Cricket'went'through'cultural'transformation'by'local'tribes
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Film'‐Trobriand'Cricket'(Response'to'Indigenous'Colonialism)
Transformation'happened'through'colonialism
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Militarized'and'maybe'traumatized,'but'converted'into'chanting
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Reversal'of'power'‐>'original'rules'of'cricket'is'no'fun''='reshaped'
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Power
1.
Taunting'the'other'team
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Vising'team'always'wins'by'the'scorekeeper'(for'food'and'festivities)'
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Hierarchy'‐>'to'be'a'centre'man,'one'needs'to'have'strength'in'kinship,'
charisma,'able'to'mobilize'and'be'in'the'centre'of'the'social'network
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Politics
2.
Introduced'the'cricket'by'missionaries'to'build'a'competitive'
environment'between'villages'to'hold'the'society'together
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Shows'the'morphing'and'adaptability'of'shifting'culture
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Good'example'of'never'being'completely'isolation
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Culture
3.
Lots'of'cohesion'and'participation,'everyone'shows'up,'dressed'and'
enthusiastic'about'the'sport
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Society
4.
Economic'infrastructure'for'having'this'kind'of'event'and'sentiment
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Economy
5.
Gender
6.
Personhood
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Spirits/Beliefs
8.
After'the'film:
Week$1$‐Lecture:$Introducing$Core$Concepts
Thursday,' September' 15,'2016
2:09'PM
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