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Exchange networks and free shops in Berlin: gifts and commodities in 'alternative' consumption experiences

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https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.1216

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This paper is based on an ethnography of ‘alternative’ consumption practices in the inner city of the former East Berlin. Non-monetary exchange networks (Tauschringe) and ‘free shops’ (Umsonstläden) have been examined. In Umsonstläden, the contemporary ideology of the ‘pure’ gift (Parry 1986; Carrier 1995) is at play: objects are freely given and totally alienated from their owners. In turn, Tauschringe sometimes induce gift-giving practices entailing mutual obligation, as a result of frequent exchanges which bring participants socially closer. The ethnographic material I present challenges the suitability of a conceptual gift / commodity divide to examine these experiences, provided that different modalities of gift-giving are articulated with commoditisation trends. Considering this complexity, I propose a re-examination of the role of the gift in ‘alternative’ consumption practices promoted by social movements in Berlin.

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Antropologia econòmica, Economia col·laborativa, Consum (Economia), Berlín (Alemanya)

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Economic anthropology, Sharing economy, Consumption (Economics), Berlin (Germany)

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SABATÉ MURIEL, Irene. Exchange networks and free shops in Berlin: gifts and commodities in 'alternative' consumption experiences. Etnográfica. Revista do Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia. 2009. Vol. 13, num. 1, pags. 49-75. ISSN 0873-6561. [consulted: 7 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/207190

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