ANTH 0780 1nd Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I. CommodityA. DefinitonB. Differences with the gift form1. Temporality2. Sociality3. Non-enduring nature of exchange II. ValueA. Use ValueB. Exchange ValueC. Money D. Fetishism of commoditiesE. Meaning of “commodity” has shiftedIII. “Consumer Dilemmas and the State of Russian Civilization”A. Ethnographic researchB. Patico’s Research Question C. Patico’s Thesis world. D. Patico’s Strategy- Consumption in St. Petersburg1. USSR prior to the mid-1980s2. Greatest variety in Perestroika3. After 1991IV. Meaning of ConsumptionA. Consumption definitionB. Categories are fluid C. Linked to how one participates in the economyD. Consumption Outline of Current Lecture I. Douglas RogersA. RussiaB. Current research C. Political and economic anthropologyThese 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.D. Wrote “Moonshine, Money, and the Politics of Liquidity in Rural Russia”1. Liquidity2. Rogers defines liquidity 3. Liquidity v. Illiquidity E. Rogers’ ArgumentII. Gender and money within householdsA. MoonshineB. Sociability in the workplaceC. Paychecks from the wife D. Moonshine and money cause household tensionsIII. Mutual Aid RelationshipA. RelationshipsB. Social Stratification C. Moonlighting IV. Global Convergences A. Connected to the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis B. Russia defaulted on loansC. More InfoD. Power relations Current LectureI. Douglas RogersA. He has been working in the Perm region of Russia since 1994B. Current research focuses on energy and natural resource extractionC. Primarily interested in political and economic anthropologyD. Wrote “Moonshine, Money, and the Politics of Liquidity in Rural Russia”1. Liquidity- (Wall Street Journal usage) assets held in cash or other “transactables” that can easily be converted into cash2. Rogers defines liquidity as the conditions enabling exchange 3. Liquidity v. Illiquidity – Both come in degreesa. Barter: most illiquid form– Currency: liquidity par excellence. – Liquidity: not always a good thingb. Politics of Liquidity: how liquidity speaks to struggles between social groupsE. Rogers’ Argument1. Lower relations expressed in Sepych are in conversation with the global, power dynamic2. Method–ender stratification related to moonshine (mutual aid relationships, moonlighting, global convergences)II. Gender and money within householdsA. Moonshine1. Used primarily by men2. Hospitality with friends and familyB. Sociability in the workplace- gift for hard labor in the household economyC. Paychecks from the wife were more consistentas they received pensionsD. Moonshine and money cause household tensions1. Men’s contribution required spending money on moonshine2. Money on moonshine diverted money away from other household expenditures3. Women controlled money4. Challenged men’s role as providersIII. Mutual Aid RelationshipA. Relationships premised on the exchange of labor in difficult household choresB. Social Stratification: Marked through moonshine consumption C. Moonlighting 1. Moonlighting as an additional source of income (morally positive)2. Moonlighting as a regular occupation(chronically underemployed or unemployed)3. Moonshine subverts the moral order and their lower social status.IV. Global Convergences • 1998 ruble crashA. Connected to the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis – Led to decreased confidence in the Russian rubleB. Russia defaulted on loans1. Long Term Capital Management was bailed out by other investments banks2. Global Convergences- LTMC’s understood as quests for profit while the people in Sepychtry to minimize lossC. Seemingly unrelated actions by a hedge fund or company in one location can, by virtue of an increasingly connected world, have very really consequences on people in an entirely different areaD. Power relations expressed in Sepych are in conversation with the global, power