Abstract
The article discusses the grassroots approaches to value(s) and valuing(s) as encountered in several schemes which exist in Greece over the last few years and whose members perform transactions without the use of any official currency. The main scope of the article is to explore the theoretical issues that emerge from the grassroots practices and analyse ways by which those practices challenge or even defy the dominant economic structures, perceptions and theories about value. Given that the theoretical issues emerge from field research and findings, empirical data on ethnographic nature are used to contribute to the discussion and place the questions within their historical and practical contexts. The variety of practices itself informs the theoretical debate about the multiple ways people might think of and use ideas about value in their economic activity.
Highlights
This article discusses the grassroots approaches to value(s) and valuing(s) as encountered in several schemes which exist in Greece over the last few years and whose members perform transactions without the use of any official currency
The scope of the article is mostly theoretical, the entire analysis is informed by and developed taking as a starting point grassroots economic practices in Greece in order to place in historical context the questions which emerge from those practices
Before explaining how I understand the issues of value raised by the activities performed in the initiatives above, it is useful to place my analysis within a broader position concerning the dominant political economic system within which both the schemes and my research take place
Summary
This article discusses the grassroots approaches to value(s) and valuing(s) as encountered in several schemes which exist in Greece over the last few years and whose members perform transactions without the use of any official currency. The term “theory” itself means “viewing.” it seemed more appropriate to use that term “viewing” to be accurate in transferring my research findings into academic language and to keep intact the variety of perceptions and approaches which the scheme members adopt. The article shows that it is possible that viewings and practices of value might arise well beyond academia or established theoretical schools, and this possibility might have been a long forgotten way of making political economy (Graeber 2005, 30–35).
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