Money and Sweat: Economic Anthropology

at offering insights into the social processes that compose “the economy.” The course will explore the hierarchies, practices, and cultural formations that turn efforts into value(s). We will use a comparative, ethnographic, and historical approach, exploring topics such as: the making of the working class; capitalism(s) and its alternatives; debt and power; barter and multiple currencies; bitcoin and crypto worlds.

研究经济活动中的文化与社会维度。

• 1Demonstrate a thorough understanding of different theoretical approaches within anthropology to analysing economic behaviour, processes, and perspectives
• 2Critically analyse ethnographic literature on the dynamics of money and labour as well ethnographic studies of capitalism and finance
• 3Articulate key debates in economic anthropology regarding processes that are seen as central to transnational economic connections such as liberalisation and commodification
• 4Apply critical and comparative analytical skills in order to understand some of the social and cultural implications of recent developments in economies worldwide on peoples' lives
• 5Systematically evaluate a body of empirical data and identify its theoretical context; Communicate effectively in a variety of oral and written formats.