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involution2 CONSTRUCTSInvolution (Economic)FREEDMAN · ECONOMICInvolutionKELLER · DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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Economic Anthropology

a system elaborating internal complexity under pressure instead of changing form, absorbing more labor at diminishing returns.

In economic anthropology, involution refers to a system elaborating internal complexity under pressure instead of changing form, absorbing more labor at diminishing returns. This meaning comes from Geertz (1963) in Agricultural involution. Here involution is not the inward rolling of a cell sheet over an edge during gastrulation.[1]

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Developmental Biology

the inward rolling of a cell sheet over an edge during gastrulation.

In developmental biology, involution refers to the inward rolling of a cell sheet over an edge during gastrulation. This meaning comes from Keller (1975) in Developmental Biology. Here involution is not a system elaborating internal complexity under pressure instead of changing form, absorbing more labor at diminishing returns.[2]

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References

  1. Geertz, C. (1963). Agricultural involution: The processes of ecological change in Indonesia. University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520341821
  2. Keller, R. E. (1975). Vital dye mapping of the gastrula and neurula of Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology, 42(2), 222-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-1606(75)90331-0

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