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)
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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
Thursday, 20 January 2011
EXCHANGE NETWORKS & PARALLEL CURRENCIES ON THE MAP OF GREECE
ABSTRACT
This is a working paper which belongs to a greater ongoing field research project concerning economic activity in Greece which is performed without the use of any official currency. The scope of the paper is to present the geographical dispersion of the schemes studied within Greece and to discuss the issues raised by the connection of the schemes to the locality of their users.
Several patterns already emerge, concerning which schemes work or develop in which areas and which areas seem void of any working initiatives. Big urban centres seem to attract most of the schemes or at least, cities provide the base for a scheme to develop. The nature and structure of each scheme seems to affect its geographical expansion or its localisation.
Therefore, several questions are raised: What makes the scheme members’ decide about the localisation or the expansion of a scheme? How do geographical conditions affect those decisions and how does economic activity within the schemes affect their function in space? How the scope and structure of a scheme might influence its geographical picture?
Keywords: exchange networks, parallel currencies, free bazaars, geography, localisation.
You may access the entire paper on the following link
http://sdocument.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/cc-conf/conferences.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/index.php/cc-conf/2011/paper/viewFile/98/34.pdf
(copy the link on your browser, or click on the link on the left column of the blog)
This is a working paper which belongs to a greater ongoing field research project concerning economic activity in Greece which is performed without the use of any official currency. The scope of the paper is to present the geographical dispersion of the schemes studied within Greece and to discuss the issues raised by the connection of the schemes to the locality of their users.
Several patterns already emerge, concerning which schemes work or develop in which areas and which areas seem void of any working initiatives. Big urban centres seem to attract most of the schemes or at least, cities provide the base for a scheme to develop. The nature and structure of each scheme seems to affect its geographical expansion or its localisation.
Therefore, several questions are raised: What makes the scheme members’ decide about the localisation or the expansion of a scheme? How do geographical conditions affect those decisions and how does economic activity within the schemes affect their function in space? How the scope and structure of a scheme might influence its geographical picture?
Keywords: exchange networks, parallel currencies, free bazaars, geography, localisation.
You may access the entire paper on the following link
http://sdocument.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/cc-conf/conferences.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/index.php/cc-conf/2011/paper/viewFile/98/34.pdf
(copy the link on your browser, or click on the link on the left column of the blog)
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Malcolm Brabant of BBC reports on bartering in Greece
http://www.youtube.com/user/Brabantfeatures#p/a/u/0/dz1KQkUJPkA
(copy the link on your browser, or click on the same link at the left column of the blog)
(copy the link on your browser, or click on the same link at the left column of the blog)
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
HOW ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS CAN BE PRACTICAL AND FUNNY
The second paper has been published some days ago online.
HOW ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS CAN BE PRACTICAL AND FUNNY WHILE PUZZLING ECONOMISTS: EXCHANGE NETWORKS, PARALLEL CURRENCIES & FREE BAZAARS IN GREECE
ABSTRACT
This is a working paper belongs to a greater ongoing field research project concerning economic activity in Greece performed without the use of any official currency. The schemes studied range from parallel currencies to free bazaars and from specialised exchange networks to businesses accepting used public transport tickets as partial payment by customers. Exchange and bazaars often take place via fairs and parties, some of which have already become famous and attract hundreds of people, although most of the schemes are quite recent and still develop.
The scope of this paper is, therefore:
a) To present the theoretical, connected to environment, issues, that the project aims to deal with, and
b) To present the findings of the first, qualitative, stage of field research that might enlighten us on how the environment as an idea and motive leads people to invent new ways of transacting.
Keywords: exchange networks, free bazaars, parallel currencies, environment, grassroots theory.
JEL: E49, P49
You may find the entire paper at the link
http://innovation.univ-littoral.fr/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sotiropoulou.pdf
or at the links column, at the left side of the blog!
HOW ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS CAN BE PRACTICAL AND FUNNY WHILE PUZZLING ECONOMISTS: EXCHANGE NETWORKS, PARALLEL CURRENCIES & FREE BAZAARS IN GREECE
ABSTRACT
This is a working paper belongs to a greater ongoing field research project concerning economic activity in Greece performed without the use of any official currency. The schemes studied range from parallel currencies to free bazaars and from specialised exchange networks to businesses accepting used public transport tickets as partial payment by customers. Exchange and bazaars often take place via fairs and parties, some of which have already become famous and attract hundreds of people, although most of the schemes are quite recent and still develop.
The scope of this paper is, therefore:
a) To present the theoretical, connected to environment, issues, that the project aims to deal with, and
b) To present the findings of the first, qualitative, stage of field research that might enlighten us on how the environment as an idea and motive leads people to invent new ways of transacting.
Keywords: exchange networks, free bazaars, parallel currencies, environment, grassroots theory.
JEL: E49, P49
You may find the entire paper at the link
http://innovation.univ-littoral.fr/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sotiropoulou.pdf
or at the links column, at the left side of the blog!
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