EMIC

ETIC

Marvin Harris

Economic Organization =

Production, distribution and consumption of goods and services

ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTIVE GOODS

• labor

  • Tasaday Philippines

• natural resources

• tools and techniques

DISTRIBUTION

• generalized reciprocity - sharing (no records kept)

• balanced reciprocity - equal parties, on-going (yes, records kept)

• negative reciprocity - stealing

• redistribution - into center and back (e.g. taxes)

• market exchange - buying, selling, monetary standard

CONSUMPTION

OWNERSHIP

Commons

foragers -

• "marginal" lands
• extensive land users
• generalized reciprocity main system
• low energy users
• distinguish between insiders and outsiders

• Hobbes - short, nasty, brutish? or
• original affluent society? (Richard Lee)
  • health/diet
  • work/leisure time
  • challenge/excitement