Examines how people organize their material world to survive and to create meaningful systems of value and exchange. A variety of economic forms - small-scale societies with limited accumulation, gift economics, commodity-based capitalism, and “illicit” networks- are considered from holistic, comparative perspectives. The course concludes with an anthropological critique of colonialism, core-periphery relations, inequality, diverse forms of 'capital,' and globalization. May meet either the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures or Social Inequality requirement.

Prerequisite: One previous cultural anthropology course or consent of instructor.

1 unit — Formanack

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Spring 2025	Block 7	Living in the Material World: Economic Anthropology	Allison Formanack	Barnes Science Center 403	25 / 20	12/22/2024