Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion is committed to creating a community of practice & inquiry into the everyday uses & meanings of money
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What actually is money?
Anthropologist Dr. Bill Maurer breaks it down: it's a way to record obligations a shared memory of exchanged value.
Blockchain is just the cleanest version of that we’ve ever built.
Full convo on The Clear Crypto Podcast.
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
Entangled Legacies of Empire. Online book launch *tomorrow* @ 12 pm ET! In defiance of those who claim that today’s capitalist system is free of racism and exploitation, this book shows that the past is not behind us; it defines our world and our lives.
wp.me/paGDrD-2CU
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Telling financial stories through photovoice: @UCIrvine-led Community Credit project uses photos, first-person community perspectives to inform financial industry practices that create inclusion, increase trust, and fight financial disinformation.
🔗 photovoiceworldwide.com/tell…
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
Looking forward to Digital Transactions IV today and tomorrow, which kicks off with a talk by anthropology of money guru Bill Maurer. Tomorrow I get to do my bit eventbrite.com/e/digital-tra… @westsyduics
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
Prof. @MehrsaBaradaran's new paper highlighted for analysis on credit, morality and small-dollar loans @TheRegReview
theregreview.org/2021/11/17/…
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Registration is now open! afripoli.org/state-of-africa…
Wednesday 20 October 2021
3pm - 4:30pm (CEST)
Join the conversation to discuss the implementation of Africa's Digital Agenda.
#africasdigitalagenda
@fatenaggad @loomnie @NdzendzeBhaso
ALT Countries in Africa are increasingly putting in place policies, strategies, and regulations to take advantage of the growing digital economy
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
Please join @TheNewSchool for their next @EmpireCurrency Sawyer Seminar, “Categorizing Currencies - Making Subjects, Making Money: Currency and Empire” on Oct. 15, 2021 via Zoom! How to register + sign up for their mailing list at link! justmoney.org/categorizing-c…
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Postdoc on disinformation, finance, algorithmic credit scoring and community activism in minoritized communities @IMTFI. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF07162
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
Please join @TheNewSchool for their next @EmpireCurrency Sawyer Seminar, “Colonial Genealogies of Political Economy - Imperial Spectres and National Currencies” on Oct. 1st, at 12:00 pm EST via Zoom! More info & link to RSVP on our site. justmoney.org/colonial-genea…
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
A @UCIrvine-led team has received $750,000 from the @NSF Convergence Accelerator to study and stop the spread of mis- and disinformation in the financial services industry. socs.ci/nsfconvergence2021
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
September is our final month of activity, but we have one more training event for you - and we think it’s going to be a good ‘un!
Planes, Trains and Numismatics will be held on the 29th of September via Zoom. Interested?
Details below 👇🏻
Email [email protected] to book!
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
Credit unions are wrestling with a paradox of prudency, @UCIrvine study finds. The report by anthro grad student Melissa Wrapp, issued by @TransUnion & @fileneresearch, finds #CreditUnions see their high #credit quality as sign of low service to communities, missed opportunities.
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Just one week left till we welcome Dr. Utsa Patnaik as our keynote speaker for the @EmpireCurrency Sawyer Seminar @TheNewSchool! A rare silver lining of our collective COVID nightmare is events like this can easily go global, so we hope to see you there. currencyandempire.org/event/…
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
More exciting events unfolding by the minute from the Currency & Empire project. We can't wait for our inaugural seminar with Toby Green and Bill Maurer! Open to all, so we hope to see you there: currencyandempire.org/event/…
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Here are some of my thoughts in the recent @CNBC coverage of #cryptocurrency and #bitcoin adoption in #Cuba. Thanks @KenzieSigalos. Also great commentary by @sobradob cnbc.com/2021/08/27/cubas-ce…
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
Workshopping a paper about language digital citizenship and digital rights at this seminar on Thursday. Register to attend.
Join #AtayaSeminars on Sep 02 | w/- @Nanjala1
- on #LANGUAGE, #rights & #Digital #citizenship in #Kenya | Host #Humateam Babacar Faye & @RalphBorland
⏰5 PM SAST
Register: huma.uct.ac.za/event/languag…
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'World’s oldest' #coin factory discovered in #China: @UCIrvine anthropologist and social sciences dean Bill Maurer weighs in on the significance of the find, courtesy of @NatGeo ⬇️
Archaeologists have discovered what they believe is the oldest-known coin mint, where miniature, shovel-shaped bronze coins were mass produced some 2,600 years ago on.natgeo.com/3irGn3r
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What new #creditcard trends and common #credit misconceptions should consumers be aware of? @UCIrvine anthropologist and social sciences dean Bill Maurer breaks it down in this Q&A with @TheAscentMoney.
@AnthropologyUci @UCILaw @IMTFI @fileneresearch
fool.com/the-ascent/credit-c…
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Join us on June 22nd for #EthicalHumanitarianisms Series co-organised with @fife_institute on | Power, Aid and Dignity | Speakers: @loomnie & @MerlinInce
⏰ 6 PM SAST
Register: uct-za.zoom.us/j/95398628735
IMTFI at UCI retweeted
New webinar series at @huma_africa w/ @IMTFI on Money, Tech & New Elites.
Honored to host #Humabooklaunch of
@obateaching's "Disrupting Africa: Technology, Law, and Development" @CambridgeUP I Discussants @RogersOrock & Bill Maurer I 6PM SAST.
Register:uct-za.zoom.us/j/97775121915
