Indigenous Currencies
Leaving Some for the Rest in the Digital Age
$75.98
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
20 May 2025
Summary
Indigenous Currencies follows dynamic stories of currency as a meaning-making communication technology. Settler economies regard currency as their own invention, casting Indigenous systems of value, exchange, and data stewardship as incompatible with contemporary markets. In this book, Ashley Cordes refutes such claims and describes a long history of Indigenous innovation in currencies, including wampum, dentalium, beads, and, more recently, the cryptocurrency MazaCoin. By looking closely at …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552530 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262552531 |
| Author: | Ashley Cordes |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 20 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Ashley Cordes
Ashley Cordes is Assistant Professor of Indigenous Media at the University of Oregon and a recent American Council of Learned Societies Fellow. She is an enrolled citizen of the Ko-Kwel/Coquille Nation and has served as Chair of the Culture and Education Committee.
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