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ANTH 021 1st Edition Lecture 6Outline of Last Lecture I. Making a LivingA. How do cultural anthropologists study economic systems?B. What are the five modes of livelihood?Outline of Current Lecture B. What are the five modes of livelihood? (cont.)C. How are the five modes of livelihood changing?II. Food Security, Modes of Livelihood and The Pull of the EarthA. Food SecurityB. Laurie Thorp: The Pull of the EarthCurrent Lecture B. What are the five modes of livelihood? (cont.)9. Industrialism/Informatics- The production of goods through mass employment in business and commercial operations- The creation, manipulation, management, and transfer of information through electronic media- Goods produced to satisfy consumer demand- Employment increases in manufacturing and service sectors- Two sectorso Informal (under the table)o Formal- Anthropological questions: Where do the two sectors meet? How do they challenge each other?C. How are the five modes of livelihood changing?1. Trends: Three Transformations Due to the Spread of Capitalism- Dispossession of local people and their land; has displaced millions of people- Recruitment of former foragers, horticulturalists, pastoralists and family farmers to work in low levels of the industrial/information age sectorThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Increases in export commodity production and decreases in food production for family use; reduces people’s independent ability to feed themselvesIII. Food Security, Modes of Livelihood and The Pull of the EarthA. Food Security1. Food security is “the ability of an individual, household, group or country to obtain an adequate diet over time in order to sustain health”B. Laurie Thorp: The Pull of the Earth1. Key concepts as you read- Participatory research: A form of applied research that involves field participants as co-researchers. A bottom up approach where research questions and methods are shaped by those in the field site- Polyvocality: Coming from more than one voice. In polyvocal ethnographies, there is more than one narrator2. To consider as you continue reading The Pull of the Earth- What is the major mode of livelihood in the area where Thorp is working?o Industrial/Informaticso But things like farming and horticulture continue to exist - In what ways does Thorp’s field site challenge a neat division of core and periphery countries? (Think food security and poverty)3. What are some main arguments of the book so far?- Curriculum based learning takes away from the true, hands on, nature based learning that is essential for children/their nurturing- Growing ones own food assigns new meaning to ones food - People should be sustainable within their environments- The garden breaks down cultural and intellectual barriers4. What is your impression of the book so far? What do you like or not like?- Thorp projects her own feelings towards gardening onto the kids who might like being in the garden just because its not math class- Extremely flowery – this this intentional?- How much does Thorp filter? How much of what we are reading istrue?- What are the benefits/drawbacks of having children’s voices as part of an academic


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