...in the meantime, one may read Faidra Papavasiliou's PhD dissertation on the currency of Ithaca Hours. Faidra did heavy fieldwork in Ithaca and the results of her research are not just interesting, they are challenging!
You may download the entire dissertation at
https://etd.library.emory.edu/view/record/pid/emory:15tdh
or by clicking at the link on the left column of the blog.
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Prepublication... to make clear what we are talking about
There follows the abstract and small parts of the working paper which will be presented at the 88th Conference «Hellenic Language and Terminology» which will be held in Athens, 10-12 November 2011 (See http://www.eleto.gr/gr/Conference08.htm). The final volume of the conference communications will be published after the conference - the working paper is in English now, but it will be published in Greek too, after the conference. In this prepublication there are missing the footnotes!
Economic activity in Greece without official currency:
The terms and their economies
Irene Sotiropoulou
ABSTRACT
This paper belongs to an ongoing PhD research project, titled “Exchange Networks and Parallel Currencies: Theoretical approaches and the case of Greece”, which is already in its third-year phase. The project comprises both theoretical study and field research and it focuses on economic activity in Greece which is performed without the use of any official currency. The research faces severe terminology problems, which may be categorised, for analytical purposes only, in:
a) the terms used to describe the activity itself in one language.
b) the terms used in Greek to describe this activity in comparison to the terms used in other languages for same or quite similar activities.
c) the academic terminology on international level concerning all this economic activity and the major problem that this terminology refers to currencies only but not to the rest of the activity.
Economic activity in Greece without official currency:
The terms and their economies
Irene Sotiropoulou
ABSTRACT
This paper belongs to an ongoing PhD research project, titled “Exchange Networks and Parallel Currencies: Theoretical approaches and the case of Greece”, which is already in its third-year phase. The project comprises both theoretical study and field research and it focuses on economic activity in Greece which is performed without the use of any official currency. The research faces severe terminology problems, which may be categorised, for analytical purposes only, in:
a) the terms used to describe the activity itself in one language.
b) the terms used in Greek to describe this activity in comparison to the terms used in other languages for same or quite similar activities.
c) the academic terminology on international level concerning all this economic activity and the major problem that this terminology refers to currencies only but not to the rest of the activity.
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
The * hypothesis
Is it possible to have a research hypothesis without a name? Well, it might not be possible, but it might be necessary...
The latest paper is available online under the title
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WITHOUT OFFICIAL CURRENCY IN GREECE: THE * HYPOTHESIS
at this link
http://www.iippe.org/wiki/images/2/22/CONF_2011_Irene_Sotiropoulou.pdf
(copy the link to your browser or click on the link at the left column of the blog)
ABSTRACT
Historical study has not been within the scope of the research project titled “Exchange networks and parallel currencies: Theoretical approaches and the case of Greece”. Of course, research participants often mention that their economic activity is not a new invention. However, it did not arrive to be imminent to consider of locating this activity within a historical framework till mapping of the schemes took place. The geographical dispersion of the schemes was such, that neither new communication technologies, nor the current economic crisis in Greece could explain the phenomenon in a satisfactory way.
Moreover, several research findings repeatedly appear without enabling any theoretical explanation that could link them together. At the same time, modern literature from all over the world is being oriented towards the study of parallel currencies, while exchange networks and free bazaars are almost inexistent for both academic and non-academic writers. Of course, it would not be wise to think that exchange networks and free bazaars are just a Greek originality. What is happening then?
The present paper is an attempt to formulate a hypothesis using research findings which for reasons we cannot explain yet, “demand” their place in time, actually in time and space altogether. We try to see how scheme members with both their discourse and action challenge our perceptions about:
a) transactions without official currency being an old-times trait, which has long been or should be abandoned as “non-economic” and inefficient.
The latest paper is available online under the title
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WITHOUT OFFICIAL CURRENCY IN GREECE: THE * HYPOTHESIS
at this link
http://www.iippe.org/wiki/images/2/22/CONF_2011_Irene_Sotiropoulou.pdf
(copy the link to your browser or click on the link at the left column of the blog)
ABSTRACT
Historical study has not been within the scope of the research project titled “Exchange networks and parallel currencies: Theoretical approaches and the case of Greece”. Of course, research participants often mention that their economic activity is not a new invention. However, it did not arrive to be imminent to consider of locating this activity within a historical framework till mapping of the schemes took place. The geographical dispersion of the schemes was such, that neither new communication technologies, nor the current economic crisis in Greece could explain the phenomenon in a satisfactory way.
Moreover, several research findings repeatedly appear without enabling any theoretical explanation that could link them together. At the same time, modern literature from all over the world is being oriented towards the study of parallel currencies, while exchange networks and free bazaars are almost inexistent for both academic and non-academic writers. Of course, it would not be wise to think that exchange networks and free bazaars are just a Greek originality. What is happening then?
The present paper is an attempt to formulate a hypothesis using research findings which for reasons we cannot explain yet, “demand” their place in time, actually in time and space altogether. We try to see how scheme members with both their discourse and action challenge our perceptions about:
a) transactions without official currency being an old-times trait, which has long been or should be abandoned as “non-economic” and inefficient.
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
The report by Amélie Poinssot of the AFP
on non-monetary initiatives in Greece has been published twice:
a) Through a video on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J0BghKMcvQ
b) By her report at Radio France Internationale (RFI)
http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20110411-1-accents-europe-2011-04-11
(the report about Greece starts at 8:28, you click on the "Ecouter" button)
(You copy the links on your browser or you click on the links at the left column of this blog)
a) Through a video on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J0BghKMcvQ
b) By her report at Radio France Internationale (RFI)
http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20110411-1-accents-europe-2011-04-11
(the report about Greece starts at 8:28, you click on the "Ecouter" button)
(You copy the links on your browser or you click on the links at the left column of this blog)
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
2nd part of Roumeliotis article on Eleftherotypia
dedicated to parallel currencies all over the world!
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.ellada&id=263171 (copy the link on your browser, or just click on the link at the left column of the blog)
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.ellada&id=263171 (copy the link on your browser, or just click on the link at the left column of the blog)
Monday, 28 March 2011
New article on today's Eleftherotypia Newspaper
by Andreas Roumeliotis!
The article covers social and solidarity economy in general in Greece (much wider than our research), so it is very up-to-date and informative!
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.ellada&id=262932 (copy the link on your browser or click on the link on the left column of the blog)
The article covers social and solidarity economy in general in Greece (much wider than our research), so it is very up-to-date and informative!
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.ellada&id=262932 (copy the link on your browser or click on the link on the left column of the blog)
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Regional Review: Alternative Exchange Systems in Contemporary Greece
ABSTRACT
This paper is a brief report of several schemes that exist today, September 2010, in Greece and permit their members to perform transactions without any official currency. The report covers parallel currency schemes, exchange networks and several related initiatives that could be characterised as alternative exchange or non-mainstream modes of economic activity.
Copy and paste the link on your browser
http://www.ijccr.net/IJCCR/2011_(15)_files/06%20Sotiropoulou.pdf or click on the link at the left column
This paper is a brief report of several schemes that exist today, September 2010, in Greece and permit their members to perform transactions without any official currency. The report covers parallel currency schemes, exchange networks and several related initiatives that could be characterised as alternative exchange or non-mainstream modes of economic activity.
Copy and paste the link on your browser
http://www.ijccr.net/IJCCR/2011_(15)_files/06%20Sotiropoulou.pdf or click on the link at the left column
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