Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2023

Zeitschrift: Journal of Anthropological Research

ISSN: 0091-7710

eISSN: 2153-3806

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1086/723072

Verlag: The University of Chicago Press

Abstract: 
This paper exposes extant but obscured treasure-hunting activities in Morocco which consist of unlawful, risky, and unproductive digging operations. The paper focuses on a community of kanaza (treasure hunters) which shies away from the normal practices of money-making to capitalize on an "echo economy" (echonomy) that relies on orality and hearing (success stories/information about hidden treasure from past civilizations). It is a community of socially underprivileged individuals who often end up mistaking the economy for its echo, speaking less the language of economy, more the lingo of its shadow. Echonomists, far from designating a new economic model, push the existing definition of economy to the extreme landscapes of signification, denoting careful management not of available but of unavailable resources.

Harvard-Zitierstil: El Maarouf, F. and El Maarouf, M. (2023) Treasure Hunting in Morocco and the Rise of the Echonomy, Journal of anthropological research. https://doi.org/10.1086/723072

APA-Zitierstil: El Maarouf, F., & El Maarouf, M. (2023). Treasure Hunting in Morocco and the Rise of the Echonomy. Journal of anthropological research. https://doi.org/10.1086/723072