Rendering actually existing economic alternatives visible:
post-socialist sharing networks in Czechia

a 2015

Rendering actually existing economic alternatives visible: post-socialist sharing networks in Czechia

DANĚK, Petr, Petr JEHLIČKA, Naděžda JOHANISOVÁ and Eva FRAŇKOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Rendering actually existing economic alternatives visible: post-socialist sharing networks in Czechia

Authors

DANĚK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Petr JEHLIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Naděžda JOHANISOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Eva FRAŇKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Annual International Conference 2015 of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers ‘Geographies of the Anthropocene’ 2015

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00088344

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

household food production; mutual help; sharing; social networks; post-socialism

Abstract

V originále

The spaces of traditional sharing economies in the global North have largely been left outside the growing academic interest in economic alternatives. In post-socialist countries the market triumphalism, promotion of individualism and consumerist lifestyles and the desire to set a clear break with the socialist past have also resulted in depreciation of traditional sharing economies in the media and public policy discourse. In spite of this, a range of everyday needs are still being met by non-market practices. Examples of such activities include household food production and mutual help in construction of houses. The extent of such traditional non-market, or less-than-market economies, and the proportion of population involved, exceed significantly the extent of alternative economic innovations that attract far greater attention of the research community. The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, to investigate the extent of Czech traditional sharing economies and to identify the patterns of their spatial networks. Secondly, to examine the motivations for participation in these informal economic practices. The magnitude of the sharing economy was determined by the large-scale questionnaire-based survey of Czech households. Focus groups and in-depth interviews were employed to uncover the motivations for people’s involvement in the sharing economy. The results have revealed that some types of food self-provisioning practices and exchanges of household products and labour are a common occurrence within both urban and rural Czech social networks. The motivations for participation in sharing economies are less economic and more social and cultural: enjoyment, tradition and pride in abilities and skills.

Links

GA14-33094S, research and development project

Name: Formy a hodnoty alternativních ekonomických praktik v České republice (Acronym: ALTEKO)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

DANĚK, Petr, Petr JEHLIČKA, Naděžda JOHANISOVÁ and Eva FRAŇKOVÁ. Rendering actually existing economic alternatives visible: post-socialist sharing networks in Czechia. In Annual International Conference 2015 of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers ‘Geographies of the Anthropocene’. 2015.

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DANĚK, Petr, Petr JEHLIČKA, Naděžda JOHANISOVÁ and Eva FRAŇKOVÁ. Rendering actually existing economic alternatives visible: post-socialist sharing networks in Czechia. In \textit{Annual International Conference 2015 of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers ‘Geographies of the Anthropocene’}. 2015.

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