Introduction to Economic Anthropology

Dozent/in	Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Smith
Veranstaltungsart	Proseminar
Code	FS211249
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2021
Durchführender Fachbereich	Ethnologie
Studienstufe	Bachelor
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Mi), ab 24.02.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, HS 13
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	wöchentlich
Inhalt	This course examines different economic practices and concepts, and processes of social and economic change. We will explore key theories and debates in economic anthropology, concerned with how societies produce, distribute, and consume resources. Through ethnographic examples, we will look at how people make a living, and how they think about and experience the economy in everyday life. Through looking at a wide variety of economic institutions, arrangements and processes across different times and places, we will apply these ideas to ask critical questions about dominant political and economic ideas.
E-Learning	Join Zoom Meeting https://unilu.zoom.us/j/98237517890?pwd=otgyvge4tgxtaxfsymxlu0zmttywqt09 Meeting ID: 982 3751 7890 Passcode: 345977
Sprache	Englisch
Abschlussform / Credits	Aktive Teilnahme / 4 Credits
Kontakt	rachel.smith@unilu.ch
Literatur	Recommended Books for further reading Ideas in Economic Anthropology Carrier, J. G. (Ed.). (2012). A handbook of economic anthropology. Edward Elgar Publishing. Hann, C., & Hart, K. (2011). Economic Anthropology: History, Ethnography, Critique. Cambridge: Polity Press. Wilk, R. R., & Cliggett, L. (1996). Economies and cultures. Foundations of Economic Anthropology. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Recommended Ethnographies and Case Studies Leins, S. (2018). Stories of capitalism: inside the role of financial analysts. University of Chicago Press (From research among financial analysts in a Zurich bank) Mintz, S. W. (1986). Sweetness and power: The place of sugar in modern history. Penguin. Taussig, M. T. (2010). The devil and commodity fetishism in South America. Univ of North Carolina Press. West, P. (2012). From modern production to imagined primitive: The social world of coffee from Papua New Guinea. Duke University Press.