“They Too Can Help”: Hidden Producers and Flexibility in the Organization of Collaborative Labor in Pottery-Making Households in Michoacán, México From the 1940s to 2020

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Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI:10.1080/19442890.2020.1735095

A. Hirshman

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ABSTRACT Eight decades of ethnographic research provide a rich dataset for studying the changing organization of labor in households involved in specialized pottery production in the Purépecha region of Michoacán, Mexico. Relevant ethnographies are examined to identify the contributions of household members who might be considered “the potter” and the “hidden producers” who are integral to production. This study finds task differentiation, flexibility in task allocation by age and gender, innovation in response to market demand, and changing household composition, together with persistence of household-level pottery production across eight decades. The task-based division of labor and flexible allocation of tasks to different household members facilitates intensification of production, when necessary, and its persistence through political instability, shifting markets, population increase, state-level intervention in pottery production, and wage labor migration out of the region. This approach provides a dynamic, longitudinal model for understanding the organization of household pottery production in the past.

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“他们也能帮忙”:20世纪40年代至2020年青海Michoacán制陶家庭协作劳动组织中的隐性生产者与灵活性

八十年的民族志研究提供了丰富的数据集，用于研究墨西哥Michoacán pursamucha地区从事专业陶器生产的家庭劳动组织的变化。研究相关的民族志，以确定可能被视为“陶工”的家庭成员和对生产不可或缺的“隐藏生产者”的贡献。本研究发现，任务差异化、年龄和性别任务分配的灵活性、因应市场需求的创新、家庭构成的变化，以及家庭层面的陶器生产在八十年中的持续存在。以任务为基础的劳动分工和向不同家庭成员灵活分配任务，在必要时促进了生产的集约化，并通过政治不稳定、市场变化、人口增长、国家层面对陶器生产的干预以及雇佣劳动力向该地区的迁移，促进了生产的持续。这种方法为了解过去家庭陶器生产的组织提供了一个动态的纵向模型。

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期刊介绍： Ethnoarchaeology, a cross-cultural peer-reviewed journal, focuses on the present position, impact of, and future prospects of ethnoarchaeological and experimental studies approaches to anthropological research. The primary goal of this journal is to provide practitioners with an intellectual platform to showcase and appraise current research and theoretical and methodological directions for the 21st century. Although there has been an exponential increase in ethnoarchaeological and experimental research in the past thirty years, there is little that unifies or defines our subdiscipline. Ethnoarchaeology addresses this need, exploring what distinguishes ethnoarchaeological and experimental approaches, what methods connect practitioners, and what unique suite of research attributes we contribute to the better understanding of the human condition. In addition to research articles, the journal publishes book and other media reviews, periodic theme issues, and position statements by noted scholars.