1983-1984 Ethnohistory Workshop Series
Commodities and Culture Speakers, 1983-1984Fall 1983 October 6, 1983: Stephen Gudeman, University of Minnesota
Paper Title: "Peasant's Models of Commodities: An Instance of Change in Panama" October 20, 1983: Annette Weiner, New York University
Paper Title: "Why Cloth? Reflections on the Role of Cloth as an Object of Exchange" November 10, 1983: Richard Goldthwaite, Johns Hopkins University
Paper Title: "The Empire of Things: Consumer Culture in Renaissance Italy" December 1, 1983: Brian Spooner, University of Pennsylvania
Paper Title: "The Authenticity of an Oriental Carpet" Spring 1984 February 2, 1984: George E. Marcus, Rice University
Paper Title: "Spending: The Hunts, Silver and American Dynastic Families" February 23, 1984: Patrick Geary, University of Florida
Paper Title: "Sacred Commodities: The Circulation of Medieval Relics" March 8, 1984: Jane Schneider, CUNY
Paper Title: "Linen and Butter in Early Modern Europe" March 29, 1984: Anthony Wallace, University of Pennsylvania
Paper Title: "Some Peculiarities of Coal as a Commodity" March 19, 1984: Lee Cassanelli, University of Pennsylvani
Paper Title: "Popular Ideas and Changing Patterns of Qat Use in Northeastern Africa" |