ANTH-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Participant Observation, Edward Burnett Tylor, Verstehen
21 Oct 2014
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3, 22 of argonauts of the western pacific. Outline: finish up boas, bronislaw malinowski (1884-1942, argonauts of the western pacific. Don"t identify with your own name from the very beginning. You"re only a person (of social status) if you trade. Wealth is the circulation of valuables, not the possession of objects. Leaders are made through the competitive circulation and destruction of valuables. Action of paying, in money or service, what is due by law or custom, or in recognition of feudal superiority. A gift, payment, or service that forms part of some traditional function in a society. Doctorate by 22 in math and physics. Two kinds of articles only - white arm shells (mwali) and red necklaces (soulava) - travel in opposite directions through the archipelago. Objects have their own biographies, lead their own lives ( fetish - object fused with subject life) Exchange is not done freely, and only a limited number of men take part (91)
