Geog 213: World Regional Geography Instructor: Maka Clifford
Reading Response Questions #3
(Due at the Beginning of Class Next Week)
Weatherford Reading
Weatherford, Jack
2003 [1986] Cocaine and the Economic Deterioration of Bolivia. In Conformity and Conflict:
Reading in Cultural Anthropology , edited by J. P. Spradley & D. W. McCurdy, pp. 170-180. Allyn and
Bacon, New York.
1) List and describe the major effects of the cocaine trade on rural Bolivian life.
2) Why have the production of coca and the manufacture of cocaine created a health hazard in
Bolivia?
3) Why has the cocaine trade benefited the Bolivian economy so little?
4) How has the cocaine trade disrupted village social organization in Bolivia?
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Geog 213: World Regional Geography Instructor: Maka Clifford
Brown Reading
Brown, Chip
2014 Kayapo Courage. National Geographic, 225(1): 30-55.
5) How have the Kayapo defended their land and culture?
6) Explain how the Kayapo have managed to incorporate modern practices and things into their society without losing their traditional culture.
7) According to Chief Pukatire why are things better now when compared to times before contact with the Portuguese/Brazilians?
8) How will the proposed dams affect the Kayapo’s land? Why does the government want to build the dams?
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