After reading Bodley Chapter 6, answer the following questions:
A. What are/were the pressures on foragers to keep their populations small? What were some of the methods that groups have used (and may have also been used prehistorically)?
Why did population grow in/after the Neolithic?
What happened when tribal societies (foragers or small scale agriculture or pastoralism) came under the influence of commercial states?
Why did population grow?
B. After reading Dharavi: Mumbai’s Shadow City, answer the following questions:
1. What are some ideas about how Dharavi developed? Why is it now of interest to politicians and businesspeople?
2. In what ways does working in the “informal sector” create opportunities for people?
3. What challenges does the case of Dharavi illustrate for the increasing worldwide trend of urban living?
4. How do those in positions of power view slums differently than do those who live there? What do their views or desires have in common? What are different perspectives on what to do with these “slums” – and who would benefit?
C. Please finalize your plans to attend the sustainability conference. If you attend multiple sessions, and write up what you learn about or participate in, you can earn Bonus Points. Next week’s Activity/Reading Response (A/R 10) will ask you to reflect on the one required session you attend.