 | Study programme 2018-2019 | Français | |
 | Elements of Economic Anthropology | ||
Activité d'apprentissage à l"School of Human and Social Sciences |
| Code | Lecturer(s) | Associate Lecturer(s) | Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| H-SANT-200 |
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| Language of instruction | Language of assessment | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Français | Français | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q1 |
Content of Learning Activity
Several themes are tackled during the class: -access to natural resources and to production means -timetable and proceedings of work processes -circulation and redistribution of the work products -modes of consumption and expenditure They are approached through four lessons: Lesson 1: Hunter-Gatherers societies: the issue of resources rarity/abundance and of cultural choices Lesson 2: Farmer Societies: subsistence and cash crop agricultures Lesson 3: Reciprocity and Market: logic and form of gifts; exchange spheres, cultural object and commodity Lesson 4: Accumulation of wealth: expenditure behaviors, inequalities, witchcraft
Required Learning Resources/Tools
Not applicable
Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
Not applicable
Other Recommended Reading
Descola, Philippe. 1986. <em>La</em> <em>Nature domestique : symbolisme et praxis dans l écologie des Achuar</em>. Publié par la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l Homme.
Godelier, Maurice. 1996 (1982). <em>La production des grands hommes</em>. <em>Pouvoir et domination masculine chez les Baruya de Nouvelle-Guinée</em>. Paris : Fayard.
Malinowski, Bronislaw. 1963(1922). <em>Les Argonautes du Pacifique occidental</em>, Paris, Gallimard.
Mauss, Marcel. 1999[1923]. Essai sur le don. Forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques. In Mauss, Marcel,<em>Sociologie et anthropologie</em>, 143-279. Paris: Quadrige/Presses Universitaires de France.
Mode of delivery
- Face to face
Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
- Cours magistraux
Evaluations
The assessment methods of the Learning Activity (AA) are specified in the course description of the corresponding Educational Component (UE)