ASIANAM 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kalahari Desert, Pastoralism, Transhumance
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Social organization: social organization & culture a. i. How we are socially organized to get things done and satisfy our needs. It orients us to the world and guides us. b. Social relations organized around a particular theme or task b. ii. Church, school, home of the family, correctional facility: social structure: sub topic of social organization c. i. Identification of the different social groups that make up society and what are the relations between those groups. Always involves the deployment of human labor. a. ii. Every human society must address the issue of: what are the tasks that need to be done and who is going to do them: techniques of production b. i. Domestication of at least plants and maybe animals. The intentional human manipulation of the reproduction and survival of the crop or animal. b. ii. 3. b. ii. 4. Pre-industrial means the source of energy is using human and animal muscle power b. ii. 4. a. Extensive: low energy input needs lots of land b. ii. 4. a. iii.