Journal article
The poetry of antiques: Trade and/in knowledge among British antiques dealers
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This article considers the role of information, communication, and knowledge in processes of exchange and value creation in the British antiques market. As such, it positions itself between the long-standing anthropological interest in the cultural construction of value (see APPADURAI 1986; GRAEBER 2001), and the equally long-standing interest in how asymmetries of information affect consumer behaviour (see AKERLOF 1970). Drawing on ethnographic material gathered over three months of fieldwor...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- De Gruyter Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Ethnologia Actualis Journal website
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 24–45
- Publication date:
- 2018-03-30
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-02-06
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- ISSN:
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1339-7877
- Source identifiers:
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824436
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- pubs:824436
- Deposit date:
- 2018-02-14
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- Copyright holder:
- University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. All rights reserved. Published under CC BY-NC-ND.
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