Exploring alternative values: the Cape Town talent exchange

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dc.contributor.advisorDaya, Sharien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHuddy, Belindaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-01T08:51:49Z
dc.date.available2015-07-01T08:51:49Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe Cape Town Talent Exchange (CTTE) is a Community Exchange System operating locally in Cape Town, while allowing national and global exchanges to take place. Trading activity occurs between members of the community through an alternative currency, Talents. There are numerous incentives driving the participation of the community members. These include various political, social, economic, environmental and philosophical motivations. It is evident, however, that the members’ desires meet through the search for an alternative space where social interactions are experienced and social values are formed through economic activity. The construction of the CTTE as an alternative economy, that re¬‐introduces this social dimension into the economic sphere contributes to the movement away from the hegemonic, capitalist economy to one of heterogeneity. There are, however, tensions that lie in the overlapping nature of these systems, restricting the alterity and autonomy of the CTTE and emphasising the power and dominance of the mainstream economy.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHuddy, B. (2014). <i>Exploring alternative values: the Cape Town talent exchange</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13213en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHuddy, Belinda. <i>"Exploring alternative values: the Cape Town talent exchange."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13213en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHuddy, B. 2014. Exploring alternative values: the Cape Town talent exchange. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Huddy, Belinda AB - The Cape Town Talent Exchange (CTTE) is a Community Exchange System operating locally in Cape Town, while allowing national and global exchanges to take place. Trading activity occurs between members of the community through an alternative currency, Talents. There are numerous incentives driving the participation of the community members. These include various political, social, economic, environmental and philosophical motivations. It is evident, however, that the members’ desires meet through the search for an alternative space where social interactions are experienced and social values are formed through economic activity. The construction of the CTTE as an alternative economy, that re¬&#8208;introduces this social dimension into the economic sphere contributes to the movement away from the hegemonic, capitalist economy to one of heterogeneity. There are, however, tensions that lie in the overlapping nature of these systems, restricting the alterity and autonomy of the CTTE and emphasising the power and dominance of the mainstream economy. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Exploring alternative values: the Cape Town talent exchange TI - Exploring alternative values: the Cape Town talent exchange UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13213 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13213
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHuddy B. Exploring alternative values: the Cape Town talent exchange. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13213en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironment, Society and Sustainabilityen_ZA
dc.titleExploring alternative values: the Cape Town talent exchangeen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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