What Do You Know About Economic Anthropology Flashcards.

The linked processes of livelihood(or production), consumption, and exchange.

The dominant way of making a living in a culture. Often overlapping or mixing.Core- monopolizing more profitable activities such as high tech service manufacturing and financial activitiesPeriphery- less profitable activities including livelihood oF raw materials food stuff and labor intensive goods/ import high intensive materials from the core.

1. Foraging (hunting, gathering)2. Horticulture3. Pastoralism4. Agriculture5. Industrialism and the information age

Based on using foods available in nature. Gathering, fishing, hunting. The main economic strategy for most human history.
Extensive strategy- mode of livelihood requiring access to large areas of land and unrestricted population movement
Division of labor- Temperate foragers- Both men and women collect roots, berries, grubs, small birds and animals, and fish. Young boys and girls help collect food. Elderly stay at the camp area where they are responsible to care for younger children Property relations- Owning something that can be sold to someone else/ does not exist in foraging societies Use rights- Person or groups have socially recognized priority in access to particular resources such as gathering areas etc.. is shared with others by permission
Sustainable- when untouched by outside influences and with abundant land/ crucial resources are regenerated over time in balance with the demand that the population makes on themJu/hoansi- needs are satisfied with minimal labor efforts major food source mongongo nuts Health status better than present day Americans

Growing crops in gardens using hand tools. Variety of foods grown: yams, bananas, manioc, corn, etc. Found in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central America, South America, and Caribbean Islands
Division of Labor- Men clear garden while both men and women plant and tend to staple food crops Women grew staple food crops while men grow the staple food crops "prestige foods" used in ritual feasts. Men have higher public status In order for women to gain high status must contribute to production and distribution of food Papua New Guinea- women work in small groups, Men form small groups for hunting and fishing Iroquois (central New York State)- women cultivated and distributed Maize- most important food crop.- They were able to decide if men went to war Yanomani- men clear the fields and tend and harvent the crops Women provide staple crop Manioc
Private Property- practice use rights
Sustainable- Fallowing- crucial in maintaining viability of horticulture. Allows plot to recover loss of nutrients and improves soil quality by allowing the growth of weeds whose roots systems keep soil loose

Reliance on products of domesticated animal herds. Animals and their products provide over half of group's diet.
Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Central Asia Andean region-domesticated llamasSheeps, goats, horses, donkeys, and cattle prominent
Division of labor- Men in charge of herding Women- processing herds products/ herd smaller animals Navajo of American Southwest- women in charge of herding. Men in charge of crafting silver jewelry
Property Relations- Animals, housing, and domestic goods
Sustainable- Successful and sustainable that coexists with other economic systems

Intensive strategy of production. More labor, use of fertilizers, control of water supply, use of animals.
Intensive Strategy- involves use of techniques that allow the same plot of land to be used repeatedly
Division of labor- Men- agricultureWomen- work near or in home processing food maintaing household and caring for children
Property Relations- Rights to land can be acquired or sold
Industrial agriculture- using machinery and processed fertilizers instead of human and animal labor Corporate farm- agriculture enterprise that produces goods to sale

Salaried or wage-based work registered in official statistics.

Work that is not officially registered and sometimes illegal.
Street vendors, drugs and sex work
Thailand- young girls sold in commercial sex (prostitution). Due to poverty of family. Parents more concerned about welfare of family than daughters involvement in prostitution

A form of agriculture that is a capital-intensive, substituting machinery and purchased inputs for human and animal labor.

A mode of livelihood in which goods are produced through mass employment in business and commercial operation and through the creation and movement of information through electronic media.

String of islands in the Bay of Bengal that belong to India.

Live on two islands off the north coast of Australia. Foragers, gather food, nuts, vegetables, grubs, lizards, fish.

Diet- Large marine and terrestial animals Division of labor-men hunt and fish shelter- time-intensive construction and maintenance, some permanent

Ju-/hoansi people of southern africa DIet- wide variety of nuts, tubers, fruits, small animals, and occasional large gameDivision of labor- men and women forage, men hunt larger animals Shelter- casual construction, nonpermanent, little maintenance