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2010 Course Handbook

ANTH831: Culture, Commodities and Consumption: Anthropological Approaches to Economic Life

The unit explores anthropological approaches to questions in economic life, such as intercultural marketing, informal exchange, social networks, social organisation of labour, forms of property, the cultural implications of commoditisation, forms of money, ritual dimensions of trade and social regulations on markets.

Credit Points:4
Contact Hours:--
When Offered: D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
Staff Contact: Dr Greg Downey
Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

NCCWs:

ANTH278, ANTH222

Unit Designations: --
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Anthropology


Faculty of Arts