Prostitution and the Transformation of the Chinese Trading Town of Ereen

Lacaze, Gaëlle

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“…At this time, pawnshops arose in urban centresan occupational category that buys goods and sells money (Højer 2012). And 'changers' (chengüüd, from the English '[ex]change') also arose in Magtaalbulkers who buy resources from many sources, bulk it, move it, and resell it at higher prices (Højer 2012;Lacaze 2010Lacaze , 2012. In her book on the international trade around matsutake mushrooms, Tsing (2015, 62-66) discusses how supply chain capitalism takes advantage of non-capitalist processes (what she calls 'salvage accumulation') and converts or 'translates' it into economic value.…”

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The financialization of help: moneylenders as economic translators in the debt-based economy

Waters

2018

Central Asian Survey

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Considering that debt has become a pervasive feature of contemporary life in Mongolia, this article calls for a nuanced examination of the diversity of current debt relations as evinced through its multiple moral interpretations and social effects. Through case studies of moneylenders in contemporary Dornod Province, I discuss (1) how local actors perceive multiple moralities and types of debt (e.g. formal and informal/kinship); (2) how moneylenders comprise an occupational role as 'translators' between these different registers; and thus (3) how they allow local debtor actors to navigate their debt load by moving money between the varying registers. By mobilizing local forms of social value, moneylenders create financial value that supports and enables bank debt. As a result, the moralities and logics of finance have increasingly pervaded aspects of local social relations in the collateralization of social standing and the designation of interest payment as a form of community assistance.

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The financialization of help: moneylenders as economic translators in the debt-based economy

Waters

2018

Central Asian Survey

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“…By contrast, my research has not found shame to be the only or even the primary emotion expressed by Russians facing China. Gender hierarchies are structured differently in Eastern Europe, and sexuality is less associated with guilt/shame (Lacaze 2012). Furthermore, any affect Russian border crossers feel at purchasing and absorbing the materiality of the newly rampant 'other' is complicated.…”

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Subjectivities of Russian Traders at the Border with China

Humphrey

2021

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This paper draws attention to a relatively understudied aspect of cross-border trade: the relation between the subjectivities of traders and the geo-political situation they find themselves in. Among Russian traders at the border with China, discourses on comparative civilisation, memories of mid-twentieth century Soviet dominance and ambivalent appreciation of China’s present riches are integral to everyday practices. It is argued that a theoretical concept of melancholia is helpful to understand the traders’ self-reflective and diverse reactions. At this highly securitised border, in the absence of deep social relations with Chinese partners, the goods purchased, consumed and traded appear as vivid alternative foci for emotions. The article suggests that an anthropological approach to qualia (experiential feelings aroused by material objects) provide a useful heuristic for discussion in this situation.

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Terms of address and self-reference in Ulaanbaatar Mongolian

Brosig¹

2019

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Prostitution and the Transformation of the Chinese Trading Town of Ereen

Abstract: He is the coordinator of an ESRC-funded project (2012-2015) entitled 'Where Rising Powers Meet: Russia and China at their northeast Asian border'. He previously carried out research in Mongolia where he investigated the prevalence of anti-Chinese sentiments.

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The financialization of help: moneylenders as economic translators in the debt-based economy

The financialization of help: moneylenders as economic translators in the debt-based economy

Subjectivities of Russian Traders at the Border with China

Terms of address and self-reference in Ulaanbaatar Mongolian

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