Moneyless economics and non-hierarchical exchange values in Chiapas, Mexico
Research on anarchist economy can adopt performative methods. To understand how an anarchist economy creates and transforms social relationships, one has to be created to be studied. In San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, a small economy of moneyless exchanges is developing. El Cambalache (...
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Journal des anthropologues
2018
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | Research on anarchist economy can adopt performative methods. To understand how an anarchist economy creates and transforms social relationships, one has to be created to be studied. In San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, a small economy of moneyless exchanges is developing. El Cambalache (The Swap) is an all women-led project that focuses on creating a non-hierarchical economy out of the reuse, repair and re-circulation of things that people no longer need and the abilities, knowledge and services that people want to share. This article shares El Cambalache’s theory of the value of non-hierarchical exchange, known as inter-change value. The economic practices used by El Cambalache reflect Tzeltal and Tzotzil indigenous women’s local moneyless economic practices while expanding research notions on diverse economies that exist throughout the world. |
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