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136-015 Economic Anthropology: Tribal, Peasant and Developing Societies | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-292/392. Students who have completed 136-292/392 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Tim O'Meara |
Prerequisites | One 12.5-point first year subject in Anthropology, Economics, Economic History or Development Studies.. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | 1.5 hours of lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | The ethnology of economic and political systems with an emphasis on non-Western and localised societies. Students who complete this subject should have gained an understanding of the economic and political organisation of people in traditional tribal and peasant societies and those societies that are moving toward modernisation and development; have examined the interrelationships of subsistence economies, politics and acculturation in non-Western and localised societies; and have an acquaintance with anthropological techniques of analysing economic and political behaviour in non-Western societies. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 1000 words, and three hours of class tests. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available.
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