Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Anthropology of Money
Course Code
KSK_251
Branch of Science
Social Anthropology; Sociology and social work
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Social Anthropology
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Andris Šuvajevs
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To develop a historical and analytical perspective on the different forms, functions and meanings of money.
Preliminary Knowledge
Basic knowledge of anthropology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.To recognise and describe the historical origins and role of money in different types of societies. To recognise and describe the social dimension of money and its influence on the formation of political and religious structures.
Skills
1.To analyse and evaluate theoretical and popular discourses on money from an anthropological perspective.
Competences
1.To critically evaluate popular discourses on money and financial systems from an anthropological perspective. To articulate and justify this criticism.
Assessment
Individual work
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Literature study; reflection and final essay.
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Examination
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1. Participation in seminars – 20%;
2. Reflection on a book – 30%;
3. Exam essay – 50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Introduction: Two Histories of Money
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Introduction: Two Histories of Money
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The Origins of Commercial Society; Violent and Religious Aspects in the History of Money.
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The Origins of Commercial Society; Violent and Religious Aspects in the History of Money.
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Auditorium
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2
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Money as a Debt
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Money as a Debt
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Money as a Debt II
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Money as a Debt II
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2
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Modern Monetary Theory, Modern Financial Systems and the Metaphysics of Money.
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Modern Monetary Theory, Modern Financial Systems and the Metaphysics of Money.
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Researching Money in Latvia
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On site
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Researching Money in Latvia
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Polanyi, Karl. 2001. The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time. New York: Farrar and Rinehart. Akceptējams: hrestomātisks nozares teksts. (Arī ārvalstu studentiem).
2.
Bohannan, P. 1955. Some Principles of Exchange and Investment among the Tiv. American Anthropologist. 57 (1): 60-70. Izdevums akceptējams: hrestomātisks nozares teksts.
3.
Lazzarato, M. 2012. The Making of the Indebted Man: an Essay on the Neoliberal Condition. MIT Press. (Arī ārvalstu studentiem).
4.
Mann, B. 2003. Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence. Harvard University Press. (Arī ārvalstu studentiem).
5.
Hudson, Michael and Goodhart, Charles. 2008. Could/should Jubilee Debt cancellations be reintroduced today? If not, what alternative measures of debt relief and redistribution might be possible? Economics: The Open Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 12 (2008-45): 1-25. Akceptējams izdevums. (Arī ārvalstu studentiem).
6.
David Graeber. 2014. Debt, the first 5000 years. (Arī ārvalstu studentiem).
7.
Kelton, S. 2020. The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of People’s Economy. PublicAffairs. (Arī ārvalstu studentiem).
8.
Wray, R. 2015. Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems. Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 1-5. (Arī ārvalstu studentiem).
9.
Guyer, Jane. 2008. Prophecy and the Near Future: Thoughts on macroeconomic, evangelical, and punctuated time. American Ethnologist. Vol. 34 No. 3 pp. 409-421. (Arī ārvalstu studentiem).
10.
Tsing, Anna. 2013. Sorting out commodities: How capitalist value is made through gifts. HAU. Vol. 3 No. 1 pp.21-43. (Arī ārvalstu studentiem).