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[multishipperofgaydeadwizards]

I just realised that in most of my ships, lily won't ever have to pay for anything cuz her partners do it for her

[mattspinksjoyblog]

There is no radical obedience to God.

There is no radical obedience to God. Radical obedience appeals only to the ego and the legalist.

There is only simple obedience, inspired and empowered by the pure gift of Grace.

Simple obedience to Abba Jesus & Holy Spirit comes because we have ALREADY been included & transformed in Christ and therefore know that Their commands are always so good; better than anything!

We don’t need to sit and weigh out the options of how and why to jump, when Christ says, “Jump,” we are already jumping!

- thoughts today while reading “The Call to Discipleship,” excerpts from Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics Vol. 4 pt. 2

[gwanth1002]

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[multishipperofgaydeadwizards]

pandalily are so innocent touches, soft kisses, cuddling for hours on end, reading to each other, baking together

[multishipperofgaydeadwizards]

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[multishipperofgaydeadwizards]

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[gwanth1002]

Within the textbook Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World, Miller defines horticulture as, “a mode of livelihood based on cultivating domesticated plants in gardens using hand tools” (Miller, 48). The first photo above is of GW Grow Garden located across the street from Philip Amsterdam Residence Hall on campus. The second photo is of the welcome sign that explains Grow Garden’s purpose and what services they offer our campus and surrounding community. I decided to take a picture of Grow Garden, because Grow Garden is a community space where students can volunteer their time to garden a variety of fruits and vegetables. All of the crops produced from the garden are donated to Miriam’s Kitchen, a non-profit organization that serves individuals experiencing homelessness, and The Store, a student-run food pantry located on campus. The concept of GW’s Grow Garden is a clear example of the term horticulture, because students utilize hand tools to garden and plant crops. If I could do actual anthropological fieldwork with regards to horticulture, I would want to compare the nutritional health of those who live in horticultural regions to the health of those who do not live in horticultural regions.

Within the textbook Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World, Miller defines pure gift as, “something given with no expectation or thought of a return” and that “the pure gift is an extreme form of generalized reciprocity” (Miller, 57). The pictures above of GW Grow Garden can also be used to describe the term pure gift, because the plants and vegetables that are grown and given to Miriam’s Kitchen and The Store are offered without anything expected in return. Additionally, although individuals do not receive anything in exchange for their service, one could say that some individuals may feel a level of satisfaction by spending their time serving at Grow Garden. If I could do actual anthropological fieldwork with regards to the term pure gift as it relates to Grow Garden, I would want to survey volunteers to see how many believe that their service or services provided by certain organizations are pure gifts.

[gwanth1002]

Pure gift is defined as something given with no expectation or thought of a return. In the textbook, some people argue that it does not exist because there must be some gains through the gift-giving action. The photo is the invitation of Chinese Embassy to a Charity Dinner on February 8th. Those people who are in the dinner donate a significant amount of money and discuss how to eliminate extreme poverty in China. It is true that they could gain something through the dinner—reputation, feelings of generosity, and network. While I do not think it is contradictory to the definition of pure gift. For those who are used to devoting in charity, they have no expectations or thoughts of a return--they also have experienced the feelings of generosity enough through previous activities. The only reason for them to keep donation is the wish for the world being better, the wish for a desirable future for those children who live in extreme poverty in China. Their pure motivation cannot be judged by those who are so pessimistic about the world.

Different from the pure gift, expected reciprocity is defined as an exchange of approximately equally valued goods or services, usually between people roughly equal in social status. I took this photo at Ambassador’s Spring Festival Reception. Note that all the lights appearing in the photo are donated by one Chinese person who runs the business at Washington, DC. It is not likely for him to have the wish for the embassy to be better—as discussed above. There must be some other reasons for him to donate. In the textbook, it said that returns were expected sometime. The return of donation of lights may not appear as long as he donated, while it must somehow help the person to gain the network within the embassy, and get more connections through actively participating the activities of the embassy. The people in the reception exactly perform the Chinese culture suggests: they greet each other, talk a little bit about something involved in daily life, and then they start talking about how they can cooperate to gain some benefits/profits in the coming year. The embassy created the perfect platform for expected reciprocity.

[gwanth1002]

Key Concepts: Pure Gift & Expected Reciprocity

The two pictures above display two different kinds of gifts and have two different connotations. The one on the left is a gift given to me by my mother, and I consider it a pure gift. She sent it as a surprise pick-me-up gift, and I don’t think she expects me to balance this exchange send her a care package back. However, as the reading points out, in parental care perhaps what she unconsciously expects me to return is something immaterial, likely in the form of keeping up my grades. As long as I continue to fulfill my end of the unspoken deal of staying out of trouble and living up to her expectations, she’ll continue to lovingly provide me with such gifts. Furthermore, as a long term repayment, I may be expected to take care of her in the future to pay for everything she had done for me. Though, I find this to be a pure gift as well because when that time comes I do believe I would take care of her out of wanting to, not out of repayment. 

The picture on the right is an example of expected reciprocity. It is another Valentine’s Day gift, bought by me and to be given to my significant other. Although the textbook says that an exchange between people who know each other well is more so a generalized reciprocity, I think the timeliness of our exchange makes it more of an expected reciprocity. We both had an (albeit unspoken) understanding that we would exchange gifts some time this week due to the holiday. However, unlike what the textbook outlines, I do not think that our relationship will fall apart if one person neglects to give the other an equally valuable gift. Though if it does so happen that my gift is not at the same level as his, I may imitate the Melanesia kula exchange in that my gift will become intermediary. I then would later follow up with a “clinching gift” (Miller 117) in order to balance the exchange. 

[gwanth1002]

Key Concepts:  Generalized Reciprocity and Pure Gifts

 Early this week, I was overwhelmed with the workload I had on my shoulders and my 8AM class that morning. One of my friends texted me and said that we should take a study break and grab my life’s necessity of coffee, on her. The coffee featured in the picture is from Kafe Leopold which is needless to say very different from the usual coffee I make for myself in my dorm. My friend buying me this gift is an example of generalized reciprocity because there is little to no thought of what my friend would receive in exchange for this gesture.  She was fulfilling the aspects of the definition by completing an exchange involving the least conscious sense of interest in material gain or thought of what might be received in return. It can be said that subconsciously my friend bought me a coffee in consideration that in the future I would do the same. This would mark the gesture as one of generalized reciprocity; however, from an altruistic pure gift perspective, my friend would have given me the coffee with no expectations of reciprocity or self gain.

A pure gift is something given with no expectation or thought of a return. It is difficult to access if any gift is ever truly altruistic or a pure gift. Some argue that such a gift is impossible because individuals always gain something from giving no matter to what extent. For example, the good feeling of making someone feel better can be said to mark the gift as one for generalized reciprocity. In regards to the gift of coffee given to me, I would say that it would be generalized reciprocity with the expectation of anything in return only amounting to the smallest subconscious degree.

[gwanth1002]

Market exchange is defined as the buying and selling of commodities under competitive conditions in which the forces of supply and demand determine value; a form of unbalanced exchange (Miller 62). This is a picture of my family eating together when they visited me on Sunday. This photo is an example of market exchange because my family participated in the marketplace where we traded money to enjoy yummy food. Food can be considered the commodity, and the food we ate at Pike Bolivian Restaurant is a great example of the competitive nature of a market. Because there is not a large supply of authentic Bolivian food anywhere in the US, a meal that would cost US $5 in Bolivia costs three times as much in the United States. If I could perform further study, I would want to see if cultural association with food causes a greater demand for that food (specifically in the US because of the wide variety of cuisine and “melting pot” status).

Pure gift is defined as something given with no expectation or thought of a return (Miller 60). This is a picture of my newly decorated and repaired laptop that my parents gave to me on Christmas my junior year of high school. My laptop can be considered a pure gift because my parents did not expect me to contribute financially to any portion of the purchase. The laptop also reflects some of the disagreement on whether truly pure gifts exist; since, my parents do have material and immaterial expectations of my behavior. Materially, my parents expect any further maintenance to be paid by me. Immaterially, my parents expect that owning a laptop will aid my studies. So, if my school performance were to drop, my parents might reconsider my need for a laptop. I chose this photo because a laptop is a significant financial investment that almost all members of the “college microculture” need to make.