Gift Economies are one of my favourite anthropological concepts.
Society-wide systems of exchange not based around markets, but instead generalised gifts between hundreds of people
Compiling loose notes and exploring illustrated explanations on it: maggieappleton.com/gift-economy
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Come to Burning Man.
It’s arguably one of the largest-scale, recurring, gifting economies currently functioning.
It’ll change your perspective on life.
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Certainly on my bucket list (in post Covid times if we ever get there...)
Have also been meaning to read this ethnography of it that comes well reviewed - “theatre in a crowded fire”
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the first post Covid burn is going to be insane. can only imagine the amount of love & gifting that will be unleashed.
the festival takes place in a temporary city called Black Rock City. here’s a taste:
