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ANTH 1616: African IntersectionsContemporary Problems in the Anthropology of AfricaSpring, 2010
Words we use a lot.
Global
Local
Cosmopolitan
Transnational
Globalization
Translocal
Network
Nation
Tribe
Village
Community
Ethnic Group
Culture
•THERE IS: A Financial (Citibank) and Technological (email, phone systems, airports) penetration from the Core into the Periphery
•THIS PRODUCES: An unbalanced economic structure within the peripheral societies and among them and the centers
•THIS LEADS TO: Limitations upon self-sustained growth in the periphery
•THIS FAVORS: The appearance of specific patterns of class relations
•THESE REQUIRE: Modifications in the role of the state to guarantee the functioning of the economy and the political articulation of a society, which contains, within itself, foci of inarticulateness and structural imbalance (Cardoso, 1979)
WORLD SYSTEMS: THEORY AND METHOD
CORE
Periphery
Core v. Periphery. Core’s Stats.
Core States
•Big money, Big sticks. Few carrots.
•Highly industrialized
•Keeps labor – especially smart labor.
• Exports manufactured goods
•Specialize in information, finance and service industries
•New technology and industrial innovation
•Strong Institutions
•Big tax base so the state can support the economy
•Have more means of influence over noncore nations
•Independent
Core v. Periphery. Periphery Stats.
Periphery States
•Poor. Weak.
•Few, basic economic activities
•Weak institutions
•Tiny tax base
•Little infrastructure development
•Smart and hard-working labor migration
•Lots of people who are poor and uneducated
•Very influenced by core nations and their multinational corporations
•Forced to obey economic policies favoring core nations and harm the long-term economic prospects of periphery nations
Afro-Centrist Analysis
Thornton on Commerce and Exchange
Africans as active agents
African perceptions
African valuations of products and relationships
African controls and restrictions
African ideologies of wealth and ownership
Piot on Culture
Africans as active agents
African perceptions
African valuations of products and relationships
African controls and restrictions
African ideologies of wealth, fealty, relationship, obligation, ownership
The Role of Anthropology?
Something Happened on the Way to the Americas…A.K.A. The Transatlantic Slave Trade
1840: “The Slave Trade”Auguste-Francois Biard
•Lots of people were traded.• 9.4-12 Million. Plus the babies.
•Over a long period of time. • 16th-19th centuries.
•African communities and leaders were deeply involved in procuring humans for commercial exchange
•There was a long tradition of slave trade in Africa –• African Societal Structures…
• “Good” Slavery?• “Bad” Slavery?• What’s up with this
debate?