Anthropology’s holistic, comparative and critical contribution to the study of livelihood. How practices and understandings of production, circulation, consumption, and property vary cross-culturally. Relevant theoretical debates including those among formalist (neo-classical), substantivist, Marxist, and interpretive approaches over the applicability of capitalist thinking. Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor. Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5560, for which additional credit is precluded. Seminar three hours a week.
Anthropology’s holistic, comparative and critical contribution to the study of livelihood. How practices and understandings of production, circulation, consumption, and property vary cross-culturally. Relevant theoretical debates including those among formalist (neo-classical), substantivist, Marxist, and interpretive approaches over the applicability of capitalist thinking. Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor. Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5560, for which additional credit is precluded. Seminar three hours a week.