ANTHR 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social-Network Game
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1 wife= 8-10 pigs (not men"s work) You don"t eat pigs they are not economic in a material sense. He gave certain pigs to certain people because of how they can raise them. Economic in an overall sense they allow you to establish relationships between people in the communities. Pigs do not get you what you need because the gardens provide you with everything. Giving them away looks like material and that you are wealthy. Giving pigs away shows that you have wealth, and you are superior because you have so many. Kingship- knowledge that insiders (in a family) to be able to: recognize their relatives, know how to act around them, different roles are because people act differently around people. The way you act towards your father is different then your uncle. Relationships between people as defined by: blood, marriage, adoption doesn"t change anything because siblings act around each.
