Exchange networks and free shops in Berlin: gifts and commodities in ‘alternative’ consumption experiences Redes de intercâmbio e lojas gratuitas em Berlim: dádiva e mercadoria em experiências “alternativas” de consumo

Exchange networks and free shops in Berlin: gifts and commodities in ‘alternative’ consumption experiences Redes de intercâmbio e lojas gratuitas em Berlim: dádiva e mercadoria em experiências “alternativas” de consumo

This paper is based on an ethnography of ‘alternative’ consumption practices in the inner city of the former East Berlin. Non-monetary exchange networks (Tauschringe) and ‘free shops’ (Umsonstläden) have been examined. In Umsonstläden, the contemporary ideology of the ‘pure’ gift (Parry 1986; Carrie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irene Sabaté Muriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia 2009-05-01
Series:Etnográfica: Revista do Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia
Subjects:
antropologia económica
dádiva/mercadoria
redes de intercâmbio
“lojas gratuitas”
consumo
economia social
movimentos sociais
Berlim
economic anthropology
gifts/commodities
exchange networks
‘free shops’
consumption
social economy
social movements
Berlin
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