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Being the Revolution, or, How to Live in a “More-Than-Capitalist” World Threatened with Extinction
June 24, 2014 0:34Authors: JK Gibson-Graham Much of J.K. Gibson-Graham’s work has been aimed at opening up ideas about what action is, both by broadening what is considered action (under the influence of feminist political imaginaries and strategies), and by refusing the old separation between theory and action. But the coming of the Anthropocene forced Julie and I... ...
Rethinking the economy with thick description and weak theory
June 24, 2014 0:31Authors: JK Gibson-Graham This paper was written as part of a suite of papers presented at a Wenner-Gren Foundation Workshop on “Crisis, Value and Hope: Rethinking the Economy”. It brings diverse economy thinking and the practice of weak theorizing to bear on the anthropological interest in producing thick description. Current Anthropology 59, Supplement (forthcoming)... ...
Post-industrial Pathways for a ‘Single Industry Resource Town’: a Community Economies Approach
June 24, 2014 0:15Authors: Janet Newbury, Katherine Gibson Although communities are constantly undergoing processes of becoming the Powell River community on Canada’s Pacific coast is in a unique transitional moment when it comes to possibilities for post-industrial economic pathways. With the downsizing of its main industry and employer over the past 3 decades, community members are currently exploring... ...
Value in postcapitalist futures and more-than-capitalist pasts
June 24, 2014 0:05Authors: Katherine Gibson A contribution to a Book Symposium on George Henderson’s Value in Marx: The Persistence of Value in a More-Than-Capitalist World Gibson, K. 2013. “Value in postcapitalist futures and more-than-capitalist pasts” Progress in Human Geography 37, 6: 844-847 Value in postcapitalist futures and more-than-capitalist pasts
Thinking around what a radical geography ‘must be’
June 23, 2014 23:51Authors: Katherine Gibson Simon Springer’s essay on “Why a radical geography must be anarchist” offers both a useful overview of anarchism’s continued relevance to geography today and a lively provocation to relocate the political center of radical geography. In this response I think along with Springer about strategies for everyday revolution and point to many... ...
Social Solidarity Economy Recommendations for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
June 20, 2014 4:55Sign (the text is below the form): wait… The organizations listed below would like to share a set of recommendations for the post-2015 Development Agenda with the United Nations Offices and the Representatives of various States. These recommendations are based on the collaborative and mutual help practices of social solidarity economy initiatives and other organizations.... ...
Consultation Begins on a National Financial Literacy Strategy
June 19, 2014 15:25
Minister of State (Finance) Kevin Sorenson and Minister of State (Seniors) Alice Wong joined forces with Canada’s Financial Literacy Leader Jane Rooney to launch consultations on a proposed strategy to help improve the financial literacy of Canadians. Theme: National Policy WorkFinancing of rural producers in Peru
June 18, 2014 12:02Good news: The Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) finances – through our member Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito “Fortalecer” – 1.500 rural producers, especially women. Read more here. Language English Tags: INAISE members NEWS Perú FORTALECER
RIPESS speech on Social Solidarity Economy and the Financing of Sustainable Development
June 18, 2014 7:50Social Solidarity Economy and Sustainable Development Financing Contributions to the ICESDF 12 May Dialogue Session Daniel Tygel, RIPESS – Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy,http://ripess.org/?lang=en As the world becomes more and more interconnected, with capital flows over the states borders, it’s impossible to still consider the financial tools and architecture as being... ...
Oikocredit summer meetings have begun
June 16, 2014 11:43
The Oikocredit meetings for the board, cooperative members, staff and SAs began yesterday, Sunday 15 June in Piura, Peru and will conclude on Friday 20 June with the AGM. Peru is part of the South American Northern Region (SANR) and the regional office is located there. It has a mature microfinance market with very strong... ...RIPESS Asia speech delivered at the Asia Pacific Outreach Meeting on Sustainable Development Financing
June 15, 2014 19:46Public-Civil Society Organization Partnership in Developing Capital Markets for SMEs and Social Enterprises in Asia & the Pacific Dr. Benjamin Quiñones, Jr., Chairman, Asian Solidarity Economy Council, Board member, RIPESS Speech delivered at the Asia Pacific Outreach Meeting on Sustainable Development Financing. Jakarta, Indonesia. June 10-11, 2014 My heartfelt thanks to the Ministry of Finance... ...
The World Fair Trade Organization- Asia
June 13, 2014 5:59The World Fair Trade Organization-Asia (WFTO-Asia) is the Asian branch of WFTO (global), the worldwide network of Fair Trade organizations. It is formed by over 100 members (as of January 2014) amongst them Fair Trade organizations, Fair Trade networks and Far Trade support organizations. On a global level, WFTO aims at enabling producers to improve their livelihoods... ...
Improving India’s health and sanitation
June 13, 2014 4:41
As less than half of India’s 1.2 billion inhabitants live without access to safe drinking water and sanitary systems, Oikocredit’s Indian-based subsidiary, Maanaveeya, implemented a programme to help address water and sanitation needs. Although access to drinking water has improved in India, the World Bank estimates that 21% of communicable diseases are related to unsafe... ...ADFIAP invited to M.I.C.E. event, networks with association executives
June 12, 2014 22:59
On invitation by the Philippine Department of Tourism and as part of its mainstreaming and visibility initiatives, ADFIAP, attended the “Meetings, Incentive Travel Conventions, Exhibition/Event Conference” (MICE CON) held on June 4-7, 2014 at the Fontana Springs Leisure Parks in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines. ADFIAP was represented in the event by its Head of Knowledge Management... ...Economization and Beyond: (Re)composing Livelihoods in Maine, USA
June 12, 2014 22:09Authors: Ethan Miller This paper draws on interviews with economic development professionals in Maine (USA) to pursue two tasks: first, to explore the potentials and limits of Çalsikan and Callon’s notion of “economization” as the tracing of how “the economic” is produced as a material-semiotic construction; and second, to propose an approach that refuses the... ...
