Examines how people organize their material world to survive and to create meaningful systems of value and exchange. A variety of economic forms - small-scale societies with limited accumulation, gift economics, commodity-based capitalism, and “illicit” networks- are considered from holistic, comparative perspectives. The course concludes with an anthropological critique of colonialism, core-periphery relations, inequality, diverse forms of 'capital,' and globalization. May meet either the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures or Social Inequality requirement.

Prerequisite: One previous cultural anthropology course or consent of instructor.

1 unit

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Fall 2023	Block 1	Living in the Material World--Economic Anthropology	Steven Schwartz	Barnes Science Center 412	25 / 15	04/24/2024