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SUMMARY:Foraging\, messy commons\, and the fuzzy fringes of capitalism - M
 artin Saxer (Ludwig Maximilians University\, Munich)
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DESCRIPTION:Broadly understood as practices of collecting\, scavenging and
  gleaning\, foraging is a global phenomenon of our times. In Tibet and Nep
 al\, scores of pickers rush to the mountains each spring to find yartsagun
 bu – a rare caterpillar mushroom more valuable than gold\; between Color
 ado and Arizona\, amidst retirees and RV nomads\, people make a living by 
 foraging and thrifting. In the mountains of Albania\, these vast and messy
  commons left behind by communism\, most families collect herbs and sell t
 hem into the supply chains of the global pharmaceutical industry. And on t
 he edge of cities in Europe and elsewhere\, foragers collect fine edibles 
 – a statement against consumerism and against the shallow taste of indus
 trial agriculture. In an era when the dream of a middle-class life based o
 n a stable\, salaried job seems no longer viable – or no longer desirabl
 e\, or both – foraging becomes an essential economic strategy and a form
  of building relations with ones immediate surroundings. It raises questio
 ns on the nature of commons and the fuzzy fringes of the global system of 
 capitalism.\nSpeakers:\nMartin Saxer (Ludwig Maximilians University\, Muni
 ch)
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