Lecture 5 Flashcards
1
Q
Although most nations are not much older than 200 years, they will often claim to have been around since …
A
time immemorial
2
Q
Commodity Chain Assignment involves … (“cooperative looking”)
A
participant observation
3
Q
Ethnographic 1) SKELETON =
A
Basic anatomy & organization of group / site
4
Q
Ethnographic 2) SPIRIT =
A
local utterances, narratives, language
5
Q
Ethnographic 3) Flesh & Blood =
A
“imponderabilia of actual life” : small events, details, moments
6
Q
Ethnographic 1. 2. 3.
A
- Skeleton (organization) 2. Spirit (adjectives and narratives) 3. Flesh & blood (details)
7
Q
WHAT IS KEY TO CREATING AN ECONOMY (BIG QUESTION)?
A
standardization / the creation of comparable values
8
Q
Who creates & regulates standards of comparable values?
A
The State.