Anthropology 4
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Terms | Definitions |
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economic systems | the linked processes of livelihood, consumption, and exchange |
mode of livelihood | the dominant way of making a living in a culture |
extensive strategy | a form of livelihood involving the temporary use of large areas of land and a high degree of spatial mobility |
use rights | a system of property relations in which a person or group has socially recognized priority in access to particular resources such as gathering, hunting, and fishing areas and watering holes |
horticulture | a mode of livelihood based on growing domesticated crops in gardens using simple hand tools |
pastoralism | a mode of livelihood based on keeping domesticated animals and using their products, such as meat and milk, for most of the diet |
agriculture | a mode of livelihood that involves growing crops with the use of plowing, irrigation, and fertilizer |
intensive strategy | a form of livelihood that involves continuous use of the same land and resources |
family farming | a form of agriculture in which farmers produce mainly to support themselves and also produce goods for sale in the market system |
industrial capital agriculture | a form of agriculture that is capital-intensive, substituting machinery and purchased inputs for human and animal labor |
industrialism/informatics | a mode of livelihood in which goods are produced through mass employment in business and commercial operations and through the creation and movement of information through electronic media |
formal sector | salaried or wage-based work registered in official statistics |
informal sector | work that is not officially registered and sometimes illegal |
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