Economy
Lecture Objectives
 1. Distinguish between the diverse modes of economic
organization
 2. Distinguish between modes and means of production
 3. Differentiate between forms of exchange
 4. Describe potlatch and be able to identify how it functions
at both the local and regional levels.
 5. Describe the role of the economic anthropologist and
identify potential research topics.
 6. Identify the connection between economics and
migration.
Free Write
Subsistence and Economy
 Subsistence –
 Subsistence Economies:
Intention –
Major characteristic – ______________
Turtle Article
How has the Miskito Indian’s
exploitation of the green sea turtle
affected their economy?
How has the world market affected
the Miskito economy?
Turtle Article
 Traditional Subsistence Economy:
 Rely on sea turtles as a food source
_____________________
 _____________________________
 ___________________________________
 Commercial product
 __________________________________
 _______________________________________
Economy, Economics, &
Anthropology
 Economy
 Economics
 Economic Anthropology
Economic Systems:
Mode of Production
Based on ________________________________
Mode of production:
Specific set of social relations that organizes
labor
Economic Systems:
Mode of Production
Why would differences in mode of
production occur between cultural
groups practicing the same subsistence
strategy?
_______________________________
Exchange
What’s being exchanged?
___________________
Forms of Exchange:
Reciprocity
Redistribution
Market
Media of Exchange
 ____________________________________
 Examples:
 Money, shells, produce, animals, iron, salts, beads,
livestock, cloth, slaves….
Reciprocity
Foraging, horticulture, and
pastoralism cultural groups
Everywhere groups exchange
resources with other groups – Why?
_______________________________
Reciprocity
 Form of exchange used to maintain these
relationships
 Mutual transaction of objects without the use
of a ___________________________
 Several different transaction types
___________________________
Reciprocity
Reciprocity Continuum
______________
____________
__________
What do you think the differences are between
these 3 forms?
Which forms are based on social ties and trust?
Redistribution
Resources collected from many individuals (or
groups)
______________________
_______________________later draws from this
pool/fund in returning public goods & services
_____________________________
Trobriand Islanders
Malinowski
studied
Trobrianders
1914-1917
Market Exchange
 Objects & services are exchanged _______________
 A possesses good that B wants
 B acquires the goods by giving A whatever
amount of money that A and B agree upon
 A then uses the money to acquire more goods
from other people
Economic Concepts
(Law of) Supple and Demand
Supply:
Demand:
Together these influence the price, and so
the amount, of a good for sale.
Economic Anthropology
Hybrid – allows for investigation of
economic behavior as it is lived and
practiced
________________________________
Economic life described as being
“__________________________” (Herskovitz,
1965, 7)
Economic Anthropology
Importance of
___________________________
These are balanced against decision
making & maximizing
______________________= individuals
 Make choices
Economic Anthropology
Main goal: _____________________________
Categorizing ______________________
What can behavior convey?
Examine ____________________________
Economic Anthropology &
Migration
 Migration viewed as a dynamic process that
responds to and is shared by broader
economic, cultural, and social factors
 Migration:
_______________________________(Kearney, 1986)
______________________________________(Payne, 2006)
Economic Anthropology &
Migration
Contemporary migrants:
_________________________
Spatial differentials in
employment opportunities
represent:
_________________________
Study of
migration is
inextricably
associated with
_____
_________________
_________________
Economic Anthropology &
Migration
Remittances
Labor migration
Economic Anthropology &
Migration
 Pushes and Pulls
 Bridges and Barriers
Economic Anthropology &
Migration
Journal Entry
on Economic
Anthropology
& Migration
Economic Anthropology &
Migration
 Worksheet #3: Meintjes’ (2001) ‘Washing
Machines Make Lazy Women’
 (Multiple) Symbolic, Gender Roles & Identity
Economic Anthropology &
Migration – Thursday, Feb 13th
 Two articles:
Shandy’s The Road to Refugee Resettlement
Ehrenreich & Hochschild’s Global Economy in
a New Economy
The Road to Refugee
Resettlement
 What are the reasons for Thok Ding’s
migration?
Do you believe other migrants share
Thok Ding’s reasons? Why or why not?
 Provide ideas about how anthropologists
can contribute to migration policies and
programs.
Global Woman In a New
Economy –Thursday, Feb 13th
 What could be done to enable poor women in
developing countries to raise their own children &
have a decent standard of living?
 This process seems to be an unintended
consequence of more gender equality for women in
developed countries.
What are untended consequences of gender
equality?