Protyus A. GendherRelational Anthropology emphasizes collaboration in knowledge creation, transforming #anthropologists into active #participants rather than mere observers. Its key principles include #reciprocity, contextual meaning-making, ethical entanglement, and ongoing relationships,...
Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast 🇨🇦"I store my meat in the belly of my brother."
An Amazon hunter's reply when asked why he didn't hoard his surplus. Physical meat rots. Social bonds do not. The network of reciprocal obligation is the most durable savings account available.
Relational Anthropology emphasizes collaboration in knowledge creation, transforming #anthropologists into active #participants rather than mere observers. Its key principles include #reciprocity, contextual meaning-making, ethical entanglement, and ongoing relationships,...
The Lifeboat AcademyThe gift has always moved between living things without requiring a theory of generosity to do so — and what loosens in a person who receives something unearned isn't gratitude exactly, but the slow release of a story about the world that was never quite true.
This week's reflection: https://emotus.substack.com/p/daily-reflection-2025-05-21
#RobinWallKimmerer #LifeboatAcademy #GiftCulture #LivingSystems #Reciprocity
DoomsdaysCW#Reciprocity, #Respect, #Relationality: Three Rs to Understand #IndigenousPerspectives on Development in the #Green conomy
By Edson Krenak, May 27, 2026
"Reciprocity is more than a practice; it is our way of life, the way of life. Instead of focusing solely on economic growth, without limit, we must pay attention to check whether all beings are enjoying life in a healthy place. Without reciprocity, the green economy will reproduce the same extractive logic it claims to overcome, and eventually fail our common home, Earth."
#IndigenousPeoples #Greenwashing #UncheckedGrowth #Capitalism #Colonialism #ExtractiveIndustries #LoveYourMotherEarth
Reciprocity, Respect, Relationality: Three Rs to Understand Indigenous Perspectives on Development in the Green Economy
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff) Indigenous Peoples worldwide bring vital perspectives on development, human rights, and the responsibilities of the States and corporations in the green economy. Rooted in deep relationships with lands, waters, forests, and more-than-human lives, these perspectives offer essential pathways for addressing the climate crisis, for example.
Petra van CronenburgSweet Lady Violet is blooming again in France and I will never forget how this plant once helped me to get back one of my lost senses: https://www.cronenburg.net/sweet-lady-violet/ Yes, you can talk to plants and become friends.
#bloomscrolling #florespondence #HesperisMatronalis #wildFlowers #gardening #reciprocity #reconnectWithNature #scent #scentTherapy #hope #senses #NaturePhotography #FlowerPhotography #friends #lazygardening #summervibes #magicInTheMundane #treasure
AnneArchy Annereciprocity
#art #daffodil #drawing #mastoArt #flower #reciprocity
https://www.annearchy.com/shop/p/reciprocity-daffodil-art-print
WPS NewsWhen Everything Becomes a Deal
Cliff Potts, editor-in-chief, WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — May 23, 2026 — 4:05 p.m.
Transaction is not the enemy.
Healthy societies run on transaction.
You pay for a service.
You receive the service.
Both sides understand the terms.
That is fair exchange.
The problem begins when transaction quietly turns into extraction.
Transaction is open. Extraction hides its intent.
Transaction says, “Here is what I offer, here is what I ask.”
Extraction says, “Give first, and I’ll explain later.”
Transaction respects boundaries.
Extraction pushes past them.
In recent years, the line between the two has blurred.
Dating apps monetize attention.
Platforms monetize intimacy.
Movements monetize outrage.
Influencers monetize identity.
None of this is automatically wrong. Earning a living is not a crime. Selling a service is not immoral.
But when everything becomes a deal, something changes.
Friendship becomes networking.
Romance becomes subscription.
Community becomes fundraising.
Affection becomes leverage.
When that shift happens, trust erodes.
A healthy transaction leaves both people clear about what happened.
An extraction leaves one person confused, pressured, or diminished.
The difference is not always money. The difference is reciprocity.
Reciprocity means both sides give and both sides understand what is being exchanged.
Extraction depends on imbalance. It depends on speed. It depends on urgency. It depends on someone feeling too afraid, too lonely, or too hopeful to slow down.
This is not just about scams. It is about culture.
If we treat every interaction as a negotiation, we begin to assume everyone is a potential mark. If we assume everyone is a potential mark, we stop building trust. Without trust, even honest transactions feel suspect.
The answer is not to reject transaction. The answer is to restore clarity.
Say what you want.
Say what you offer.
Respect a no.
Accept a boundary.
If a connection only survives when one side keeps paying, that is not partnership. If a relationship collapses the moment someone asks for transparency, that is not stability.
We cannot remove money from modern life. But we can refuse to let it define every human interaction.
Not everything is a deal.
Not everything should be.
A stable society depends on more than contracts. It depends on fairness, honesty, and restraint.
Transaction builds systems.
Extraction corrodes them.
Knowing the difference — and acting on it — is how trust is rebuilt.
#Accountability #civicResponsibility #digitalCulture #ethics #modernRelationships #reciprocity #socialTrust #transactionalSociety
Berliner Islamische TheologieEbenfalls im 📙 "Canon and Censorship in Islamic Intellectual History" (A. Dziri, B. Dziri & M. Gharaibeh; De Gruyter Brill) zu finden ist der 📖 "Between the Virtue of Reception and the Suppression of Voices“ von Amir Dziri und Mohammad Gharaibeh.
🔓 https://tinyurl.com/mrxp34uy
#Canonization, #Censorship, #Reception, #Reciprocity, #Dependence
@economyandspaceOnlineFirst - "Reciprocal remittances: Inventive practices, alternative economies, and the differing role of ‘friends’" by Daniel Robins:
#remittances #fintech #digitalpayments #reciprocity #informal
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X261439002