ANT102H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Pastoralism, List Of Domesticated Animals, Consumerism
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What are the 5 modes of livelihood and their. Livelihood: providing basic needs by procuring goods/making money. Based on using food available in nature. Growing crops in gardens using hand tools. Crop yields = denser population and settlements. 5 stages in horticulture: clearing, planting, weeding, harvesting, fallowing. More labour; use of techniques and animals. The production of goods through mass employment in business and commercial (consumer demand) The transfer of information through electronic media. How are modes of livelihood related to consumption and. The dominant way, in a culture, of using up goods and services. Output: spending or using resources to obtain those things. Example: buying coffee vs. eating nuts & berries. Modes of consumption: minimalism: few & finite consumer demands, adequate & sustainable, consumerism: many & infinite demands, insufficient means of means to meet them satisfying them. The dominant way of transferring goods, services and other items between people and groups: balanced exchange:
