Infrastructure, morality, food and clothing, and new developments in Latin America

Volume 41 of Research in Economic Anthropology explores a wide range of topics of interest to economic anthropology. The opening paper presents a novel approach to anthropological-economic infrastructural research in England, specifically London's Thames Tideway Tunnel. The volume's first...

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Other Authors Wood, Donald C. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
SeriesResearch in economic anthropology ; v. 41.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781801174367
DOI10.1108/S0190-1281202241
Physical Description1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Anthropological investigations into infrastructure, money, community and morality, food and clothing, and new developments in Latin America / Donald C. Wood
  • Paper 1. London's "super sewer": A case study for the interdisciplinary possibilities of anthropologists and economists investigating infrastructure together / Benjamin O.L. Bowles, Kate Bayliss, and Elisa Van Waeyenberge
  • Part I: Money, community and morality
  • Paper 2. A responsible worker and a caring mother: Experiences of Russian commercial surrogates / Olga Doletskaya, Maria Denisova, and Oksana Dorofeeva
  • Paper 3. God, gift and charity: The case of zakat and dasvandh in the local governance of social welfare provision in pakistan / Muhammad Salman Khan
  • Paper 4. Money for belongingness: The account book and the management of the communal fund of a high school alumni association in south korea / You-Kyung Byun
  • Paper 5. "microcredit schemes of tension": Women and the economic violence of credit mobilization in ibadan, nigeria / Olubukola Olayiwola
  • Part II: Food and clothing
  • Paper 6. The multiple and changing values of rescued food: Case study of a food security initiative in urban New Zealand / Jessica Mannette
  • Paper 7. Digitalizing local markets: The secondhand market for pre-owned clothing in hamburg, Germany / Heike Derwanz
  • Paper 8. Doing difference: The performance of order in the market for Islamic fashion in Berlin / Robert Birnbauer
  • Part III: New developments in Latin America
  • Paper 9. Rethinking fair trade: Narratives and counter narratives of poverty and partnerships / Sarah Lyon
  • Paper 10. Assessing cost-effectiveness in reintegrating ex-combatants in colombia; colleen alena o'brien
  • Paper 11. A tale of a much maligned but persistent cultural pattern: Networks of people giving to receive something in exchange; sidney m. Greenfield.