Deathnography Podcast #2 - Competition / Markets / Capitalism ft Prof Tania Li

04/15/19 • 45 min

In this episode I get into a discussion with Economic and Political Anthropologist Tania Murray Li about modes of production, market (as compulsion and as opportunity). We discuss her book Land's End: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier (2014), which I highly highly recommend for anyone who wants a case study of how a capitalist mode of production actually forms in a community, and the effects of this mode of production. If you want to check out another interview Prof Li has done about capitalism and Land's End, check out: https://newbooksnetwork.com/tania-li-lands-end-capitalist-relations-on-an-indigneous-frontier-duke-up-2014/ My Patreon is https://patreon.com/deathnography

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Deathnography #1 - Fieldnotes (Feat. Lana Larkin and Carsten Knoch)

Welcome to the Deathnography Podcast! In this first episode I discuss my time in Montreal, Quebec, working as a spice factory guy, a vegetable guy, and a telemarketer. I share some fieldnotes with you, and discuss work, capitalism, and anthropology with two guests: Lana Larkin, linguistic anthropologist turned manager of Higher Brothers, and Carsten Knoch, a consultant/anthropologist chimera. patreon.com/deathnography

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Deathnography Podcast #3 - The Gang Solves Racism, ft. Dr. Michael Rivera, Joshua Jiang, Helen Yang, Lars Chen, and Shay-Akil McLean

"Race is a social construct" ok but what does that mean exactly? What is race? Why was it invented? How? And what the hell are we supposed to do with this information? Dr. Michael Rivera, a biological anthropologist who authored a forthcoming textbook chapter about race, explains why race is not biologically valid. Joshua Jiang, Helen Yang, and Lars Chen discuss their experiences in Asian-American and "mixed race" campus activism and critique liberal approaches to anti-racism. Biologist Shay-Akil McLean, who recently authored a journal article “Social Problems, Structural Issues, and Unsettling Science“ in American Anthropologist, pushes us to identify the specific social sites where race is constructed.

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Shay-Akil McLean is @hood_biologist on Twitter Dr. Michael Rivera is @riveramichael on Twitter

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