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Monetary REpertoires – creative uses of money in everyday life 
Convenors:
Blanka Henriksson (Åbo Akademi University)
Ann-Helen Sund (Åbo Akademi University)
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Format:
Panel
Stream:
DIGITAL LIVES
:
Room H-203
Sessions:
Tuesday 14 June, -
Time zone: Europe/London

Short Abstract:

This panel invites papers on monetary repertoires in everyday life, such as ways of exchanging, accounting, paying, and storing value. In what kind of cultural processes are monies involved, and how do people use and understand money in different settings?

Long Abstract:

How do people use and understand money in different settings? This panel invites papers on monetary repertoires in everyday life, such as ways of exchanging, accounting, paying, and storing value. In what kind of cultural processes are monies involved, building relations and keeping track of the past, or preparing for the future?

During the last decades an increasing digitalisation has given rise to numerous new payment methods or what Tkacz (2019) calls an “appification” of money, consumption and services. At the same time the risks and vulnerabilities of this digital development both on a societal and individual level are matters of concern. Earlier points of refraction are for example the introduction of credit cards, the transition to euro, monetary reforms like devaluation and revaluation, which all have affected monetary repertoires in everyday life.

A long tradition in the anthropology and sociology of money has shown how money and money practices can be understood only in the light of a sociocultural context. Technological innovations are affecting money practices but not always in predictable ways, nor for reasons expected. People invent their own systems and ways of using, organising and making distinctions among monies.

We invite papers exploring everyday monetary repertoires in different cultural contexts, contemporary and historically; among young and old; in households and among entrepreneurs; in churches, supermarkets and social welfare offices; saving for vacation trips or paying the mortgage; speculating on the stock exchange or betting on horses, to name a few.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Tuesday 14 June, 2022, -
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