EST 200 3rd Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture II Discussion Class Outline of Current Lecture I Distribution of goods and services II Kin III Demographic transition Current Lecture I II III Distribution of goods and services a Reciprocity 2 types i Generalized reciprocity gift giving without immediate planned return ii balanced reciprocity straight forward immediate or time limited b Example of balanced reciprocity is the Kula ring i Anthropologists Bronislaw Malinowski researched in Trobriand Islands ii Red shell necklace called Soulova or white shell armband called Mwali iii Soulova moves clockwise direction and Mwali moves counter clockwise iv The big man or important man is able to conduct trade with other islands when Soulova or Mwali is in possession v He does not trade for it but must be in his possession of either to initiate trade c Negative reciprocity to get something for nothing or less than its worth Kin a Kin determines type of reciprocity keep good relations with kin b Reciprocity is like a leveling device to equal groups i Example the potlatch of the American Indian groups of the Northwest coast of North America ii A chief and his group would give away blankets pieces of copper canoes large quantities of food and other items to their guests so they would be invited to another potlatch is like leveling device c Redistribution d Monetary or commercial exchange kinds of money degrees of commercialization e Possible leveling devices Demographic transition These 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 a A dramatic change in population growth occurs whenever previously isolated societies first came in contact with the industrialized west The initial years of contact saw a dramatic increase in population growth with industrialization growth began to decline again