Diplomacy And Gifting Flashcards
What is Bernard coins main argument
About how British took and interpreted the Mughal durbarband turned it into a practice of empirical control
Both Indians and british understood the importance of gifting, but in different ways
What happened to gifting after Lord norths 1784 regulating act
Company employees no longer allowed to accept gifts themselves. Had to e given to company where they would be valued and the company would reciprocate with a gift that it deemed to be if equal value . This was in an attempt to stop corruption
Maya jasenoffs main argument
That through collecting one could improve their wealth social status and sociatle position. And that in some way empires themselves are almost collections
When did EIC start collecting
1801
Why did the East India company start collecting
In an attempt to change the way that it was seen .. Museum of curiosities
Tipu’s tiger
Pierre Bourdieu possessions quote
“You are what you own. Possessions are not only indicators of personal taste, but of social milieu, wealth, education and status”
What HTP person fits in well with gifting
Pierre Bourdieu … Taste cultural codes, mabye one reason didn’t understand eachother
Who wrote the gift
Marcel Mauss
What is the gift about
People do not gift without the wish for reciprocation
Jasanoff argued something about objects and representation, what was it
That objects were the main way that those at home experienced empire
Robert Clive collecting quote
Wanted to become an “ english earl with a blue ribbon, instead of an Irish peer with the promise of a red one”
What did Ania Loomba argue
That gifting was a nightmare in empire .. Diffrent cultures .. British realised would need to try ,.. However got cheeky
Ania Loomba british and gifting quote
“The English were well aware that in India they would have to work their way through local ways and customs”
Is material culture
Yes very you fucking moron
Who da fuck is Claude Martin
French dude wants to be british
Managed it through amassing acres of land a library with 4000+books, steam toys , fashionable paintings
1753-1800
Lucknow
