Попаднах на интересно видео. Представя алтернатива на съвременния икономически модел, базиран на даряването, от Западна Африка. Даряването - не просто като форма на обмен, в общество, което функционира в наши дни и където общността е силна и жива.. Ето няколко изречения от видеото: "Dama is a gift economy which sustains community and culture, dignity and values. It is mostly propagated through a strong but informal women’s social network. It includes almost everything: a meal for a hungry neighbour, a change for a bus fare, a bracelet, all the needs for a woman in the first 40 days after childbirth, sharing the harvest from the fields or giving a care to the offspring of someone who is off selling  to the market. Dama is not based on exchange or equivalence between the giver and receiver. Instead, the receiver passes the gift to someone else! Gift giving holds the expectation that just as you provide care for others, someone else will take care for you or your family   …In Mali the culture habit is to give as much as possible…  …Malians understand that the community is as strong as its parts…  Giving the damage that the global economy is enacting on all life, the continued strength that the gift economy is imperative for human and cultural survival. The large scale solidarity and gift economy in Mali continues to resist global economy as it celebrates the value of life and interdependence, putting human relationships over the profit."   Цялото филмче можете да видите тук: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELNsQdSMOc Става дума за съременни традиции и неочаквани социални механизми, от които 'белият свят' има какво да научи. Интересно...