Question
Objects involved in this system called kitoum are considered to have spiritual authority when exchanged. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this system that involves gifting white shell bands called mwali. Bronisław Malinowski described this gift-giving ceremony during his studies of the Trobriand Islanders, though the system extends beyond there.
ANSWER: kula ring [or the kula exchange]
[10m] Marcel Mauss claimed that the kula ring exemplified a system of this two-word concept, the obligation for “collectivities” to exchange rituals and ceremonies.
ANSWER: total prestations [prompt on prestations or counter-prestations]
[10h] This thinker compared the kula ring to the Chicago Grain Futures Exchange in his discussion of “tournaments of value.” This thinker argued that “singularization” removed an object from its natural trajectory, creating a “commodity pathway diversion.”
ANSWER: Arjun Appadurai
<Social Science - Social Science - Anthropology>
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