Summary Of Living With Reciprocity By David Kung
In the essay Too Many Bananas, Not Enough Pineapples, and No Watermelon at All: Three Object Lessons in Living with Reciprocity by David Counts, there is a misunderstanding between cultures about the rules of sharing. The events in David Counts's essay were humorous anecdotes about fruit. Unfortunately for the !Kung people, differing ideas of sharing can sometimes be catastrophic for a culture. The previous social interactions of the !Kung became unworkable when they were forced to switch to a cash-based society.
1. Colonization and land ownership ----- Staying in one place -- more conflict
These cultures didn't mesh because they both had very different concepts of land ownership. Unfortunately for the !Kung, the Boer's concept of land
1. Colonization and land ownership ----- Staying in one place -- more conflict
These cultures didn't mesh because they both had very different concepts of land ownership. Unfortunately for the !Kung, the Boer's concept of land