Thomas Widlok Livres

Exploring the economy of sharing across diverse social and political contexts, the book presents a comparative analysis that includes hunter-gatherer ethnography and examples from globalized societies. The author distinguishes sharing from other economic concepts like gift-giving and exchange, proposing that this new focus could reshape anthropological theory. By examining sharing's unique characteristics, the work aims to deepen understanding of its role in human interaction and its implications for economic anthropology.

Scale matters. When conducting research and writing, scholars upscale and downscale. So do the subjects of their work - we scale, they scale. Although scaling is an integrant part of research, we rarely reflect on scaling as a practice and what happens when we engage with it in scholarly work. The contributors aim to change this: they explore the pitfalls and potentials of scaling in an interdisciplinary dialogue. The volume brings together scholars from diverse fields, working on different geographical areas and time periods, to engage with scale-conscious questions regarding human sociality, culture, and evolution. With contributions by Nurit Bird-David, Robert L. Kelly, Charlotte Damm, Andreas Maier, Brian Codding, Elspeth Ready, Bram Tucker, Graeme Warren and others.