A Wilkis
Biographic Data
| ID | 12426 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Wilkis |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilkis |
| SIGNATURE | WILKIS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of General San Martín |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4932-2783 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Moral superiority over the state: Young people’s experience of inflation and the rise of the libertarian right in Argentina
This article examines social experiences of inflation as the basis for an empirical analysis about how a particular sector in Argentina began leaning toward the political platform of the extreme right under Javier Milei. In order to establish these connections, we focus on the experience of young people, as this is the age group where support for the libertarian is broadest. The research included a quantitative and a qualitative stage (surveys an…
"The US dollar against "the caste: Argentina's libertarian right wing and its promise of a new monetary regime
This article seeks to understand the part played by the US currency in the radical program of Javier Milei and his allies. On the one hand, it explores the ways in which the dollarization project gained presence in the electoral campaign of 2023, conferring identity and making the libertarian project attractive to an important part of society. On the other hand, it shows the continuity and rupture lines of this process with the previous history o…
Connected lives: Care, money management, and gender inequality in low‐income households in times of crisis in Argentina
Inspired by the sociology of Zelizer, this article lays out a framework of analysis that sheds light on money management as a cornerstone of the social organization of care. First, it lays out the features of the money management of care and caretaking practices to reveal a cyclical process in which the money side of care is rendered invisible and naturalized. It then turns to the question of debt, a key aspect of money management, and its reinfo…
The Argonauts as a classic of Sociology: Malinowski and the recent history of New Economic Sociology
This essay was presented at the tribute to Bronislaw Malinowski, 100 years after the publication of The Argonauts of the Western Pacific organized by the Department of Social Anthropology of the London School of Economics. Its objective is to reflect on the exchanges between sociology and economic anthropology in different academic contexts and how these dynamics generate different conditions for the field of the "new" economic sociology to recog…
Os Argonautas como um clássico da Sociologia: Malinowski e a história recente da Nova Sociologia Econômica
Este ensaio foi apresentado em homenagem a Bronislaw Malinowski, cem anos após a publicação de Os Argonautas do Pacífico Ocidental, organizado pelo Departamento de Antropologia Social da London School of Economics. Seu objetivo é refletir sobre as trocas entre a sociologia e a antropologia econômica em diferentes contextos acadêmicos e como essas dinâmicas geram distintas condições para que o campo da "nova" sociologia econômica reconheça Os Argo…
Viviana Zelizer's work as inspiration for a public sociology of money
Viviana Zelizer’s work was welcomed in Latin America, where new generations of economic sociologists were reworking the study agenda of the discipline. The recent history of our subdiscipline in the region cannot be told without taking into account Zelizer’s contributions to the analysis of markets, finance, consumption, money, intimacy, and economic relations, among many others. This article provides an overview of my research over the past fift…
Lone Motherhood, Poverty and the Meaning of Money
Lone-mother–headed families are key targets of poverty research and financial coaching training programs worldwide. Yet, despite the centrality of this population in poverty studies, there is little research on how this population construes the meaning of money in developed economies. This article focuses on the social construction of money among low-income lone mothers in Israel—a highly market-oriented, neoliberal economy. Based on a qualitativ…
The Invention of the Favela
The Moral Power of Money: Morality and Economy in the Life of the Poor
Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor. Drawing on fieldwork in a slum of Buenos Aires, Ariel Wilkis argues that money is a critical symbol used to negotiate not only material possessions, but also the political, economic, class, gender, and generational bonds between people. Through vivid accounts of the sta…
Valuaciones monetarias y jerarquías sociales: Evidencias empíricas y desarrollos conceptuales
Basado en líneas de trabajo que sostienen el carácter no neutral del dinero y profundizando en las perspectivas recientes sobre las evaluaciones en la vida económica, este estudio retomará casos empíricos de la historia del arte, la sociología y la antropología para proponer una articulación entre las valuaciones monetarias y el estudio de las jerarquías sociales. Con este propósito se recuperarán cuatro casos especialmente seleccionados que perm…
The Internationalization of Sociology in Argentina 1985–2015: Geographies and Trends
Soybean, bricks, dollars, and the reality of money: Multiple monies during currency exchange restrictions in Argentina (2011-15)
This article aims to show that the properties of money are temporally and relationally contingent. Through the effects of the currency exchange restrictions implemented in Argentina in 2011-15, we develop this perspective to contribute to the understanding of the dynamics of currency pluralism. Based on a fieldwork conducted between 2014 and 2015 in the cities of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, we describe uses and meanings of multiple currencies on t…
Negociando la inclusión al mercado de consumo: Los Programas De Transferencias Condicionadas De Dinero Y El Orden Familiar
Este trabajo explora dos procesos que, habitualmente, la agenda de investigaciones sobre sociología económica ha abordado de forma separada: los procesos de financiarización del consumo y la monetización de las políticas sociales en los sectores populares. A través de un trabajo etnográfico realizado en el área metropolitana de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, sugerimos el abordaje de una nueva infraestructura monetaria del mundo popular donde distinta…
Money, morality, and politics in the slums of Buenos Aires
Studies on the political life of the poor in Latin American have rarely focused on money, although there have been works focused on the survival strategies of the poor; political clientelism; and collective mobilizations. In this article, I analyze political life in the poor neighborhoods of Greater Buenos Aires through the lens of money that circulates within the Peronist networks. I conducted ethnography fieldwork between 2006 and 2010. Does mo…
The Moral Performativity of Credit and Debt in the Slums of Buenos Aires
Classic works in anthropology and sociology have essentialized formal capitalist credit and their alternative forms, be they community-based or informal. The financialization of everyday life has produced the return to this one-sided narrative. My aim in this article is to show how the moral dimension of financial practices does not represent the flip side of capitalist institutions. The economization of morality is a transaction that takes place…
Sociología moral del dinero en el mundo popular
Este artículo analiza la conformación de una nueva infraestructura monetaria del mundo popular. Muestra el rol creciente del dinero en estos sectores y se pregunta sobre las nuevas formas de integración social que estos cambios suponen. Aborda estos cambios desde una sociología moral del dinero. Utiliza materiales empíricos de un trabajo de campo en las barriadas de la periferia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires entre 2006 y 2010
Una sociología moral de las relaciones bancarias
Sociología del crédito y economía de las clases populares
Este artículo analiza las consecuencias de la extensión del mercado de crédito al consumo en la economía popular. Se basa en un estudio cuantitativo y cualitativo realizado en la periferia de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, entre 2009 y 2011. Los resultados muestran la necesidad de revisar cierta perspectiva que dominó la interpretación del mundo económico popular en América Latina, para prestar más atención al peso del mercado del crédito y al endeud…
Etnografias de práticas econômicas Reflexões sobre fronteiras sociais
As pesquisas que se debruçam sobre temas de economia costumam conceber seus objetos e problemáticas tendo como premissa a existência de uma dicotomia entre as práticas econômicas dos agentes “dominantes” (elites,\ngrandes empresas, etc.) e as práticas dos agentes “dominados” (subalternos, populares, etc.). A partir dessa divisão, tem-se organizado diferentes campos\nde investigação e produzido discursos idiossincráticos implícitos sobre a "especi…
Os usos sociais do dinheiro em circuitos filantrópicos: "O Caso Das "Publicações De Rua
A partir de um estudo de caso centrado em uma organização que edita uma revista vendida por pessoas "sem teto" na cidade de Buenos Aires, me interrogo sobre os usos sociais do dinheiro em circuitos filantrópicos. Ao seguir a polêmica entre dinheiro e dom, que está no centro das discussões da antropologia e da sociologia, enfoco duas questões: a) o papel do dinheiro para demarcar os limites entre as "transações mercantis" e as "circulações de dons…
La gestion du chômage défiée: Les sens de la justice dans les « récupérations » d'usines par les travailleurs en Argentine
Cet article porte sur l’analyse d’une série de processus connus sous le nom de « récupérations » d’usines et d’entreprises par les travailleurs, menés en Argentine ces dernières années. Ceux-ci ont consisté en des actions destinées à garantir la continuité de l’unité productive d’entreprises en faillite ou en crise, initiant un processus de gestion collective de la production. En nous basant sur un travail de recherche portant sur les « récupérat…
As Dimensões Expressivas e Morais da Ordem Interacional na Análise da Venda de 'Publicações de Rua
Analiso neste artigo a atividade dos vendedores de publicações de rua na cidade de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Estas revistas são vendidas por pessoas em situação acentuadamente precária. A partir das ferramentas oferecidas pela sociologia de Erving Goffman, a análise enfoca os encontros entre vendedores e compradores para iluminar as dimensões expressivas e morais da ordem interacional. Exponho os dilemas que ambas estas dimensões comportam, espec…
Understanding the relation between individual and society through Georg Simmel ́s sociology
This article identifies, among Georg Simmel's various writings, his conception of one of modern social theory's founding concepts: the tension between individual and society. Simmel insists that the question ?How is society possible?? requires a philosophical, as much as a purely sociological, answer. In this article we argue that Simmel?s objective in founding a science of society cannot be separated from his interpretation of modernity. We shal…
The Moral Power of Money: Morality and Economy in the Life of the Poor
Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor. Drawing on fieldwork in a slum of Buenos Aires, Ariel Wilkis argues that money is a critical symbol used to negotiate not only material possessions, but also the political, economic, class, gender, and generational bonds between people. Through vivid accounts of the sta…
Negociando la inclusión al mercado de consumo: Los Programas De Transferencias Condicionadas De Dinero Y El Orden Familiar
Este trabajo explora dos procesos que, habitualmente, la agenda de investigaciones sobre sociología económica ha abordado de forma separada: los procesos de financiarización del consumo y la monetización de las políticas sociales en los sectores populares. A través de un trabajo etnográfico realizado en el área metropolitana de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, sugerimos el abordaje de una nueva infraestructura monetaria del mundo popular donde distinta…
Soybean, bricks, dollars, and the reality of money: Multiple monies during currency exchange restrictions in Argentina (2011-15)
This article aims to show that the properties of money are temporally and relationally contingent. Through the effects of the currency exchange restrictions implemented in Argentina in 2011-15, we develop this perspective to contribute to the understanding of the dynamics of currency pluralism. Based on a fieldwork conducted between 2014 and 2015 in the cities of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, we describe uses and meanings of multiple currencies on t…
Os usos sociais do dinheiro em circuitos filantrópicos: "O Caso Das "Publicações De Rua
A partir de um estudo de caso centrado em uma organização que edita uma revista vendida por pessoas "sem teto" na cidade de Buenos Aires, me interrogo sobre os usos sociais do dinheiro em circuitos filantrópicos. Ao seguir a polêmica entre dinheiro e dom, que está no centro das discussões da antropologia e da sociologia, enfoco duas questões: a) o papel do dinheiro para demarcar os limites entre as "transações mercantis" e as "circulações de dons…
Understanding the relation between individual and society through Georg Simmel ́s sociology
This article identifies, among Georg Simmel's various writings, his conception of one of modern social theory's founding concepts: the tension between individual and society. Simmel insists that the question ?How is society possible?? requires a philosophical, as much as a purely sociological, answer. In this article we argue that Simmel?s objective in founding a science of society cannot be separated from his interpretation of modernity. We shal…
Sociología moral del dinero en el mundo popular
Este artículo analiza la conformación de una nueva infraestructura monetaria del mundo popular. Muestra el rol creciente del dinero en estos sectores y se pregunta sobre las nuevas formas de integración social que estos cambios suponen. Aborda estos cambios desde una sociología moral del dinero. Utiliza materiales empíricos de un trabajo de campo en las barriadas de la periferia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires entre 2006 y 2010
Lone Motherhood, Poverty and the Meaning of Money
Lone-mother–headed families are key targets of poverty research and financial coaching training programs worldwide. Yet, despite the centrality of this population in poverty studies, there is little research on how this population construes the meaning of money in developed economies. This article focuses on the social construction of money among low-income lone mothers in Israel—a highly market-oriented, neoliberal economy. Based on a qualitativ…
Valuaciones monetarias y jerarquías sociales: Evidencias empíricas y desarrollos conceptuales
Basado en líneas de trabajo que sostienen el carácter no neutral del dinero y profundizando en las perspectivas recientes sobre las evaluaciones en la vida económica, este estudio retomará casos empíricos de la historia del arte, la sociología y la antropología para proponer una articulación entre las valuaciones monetarias y el estudio de las jerarquías sociales. Con este propósito se recuperarán cuatro casos especialmente seleccionados que perm…
Money, morality, and politics in the slums of Buenos Aires
Studies on the political life of the poor in Latin American have rarely focused on money, although there have been works focused on the survival strategies of the poor; political clientelism; and collective mobilizations. In this article, I analyze political life in the poor neighborhoods of Greater Buenos Aires through the lens of money that circulates within the Peronist networks. I conducted ethnography fieldwork between 2006 and 2010. Does mo…
Una sociología moral de las relaciones bancarias
Sociología del crédito y economía de las clases populares
Este artículo analiza las consecuencias de la extensión del mercado de crédito al consumo en la economía popular. Se basa en un estudio cuantitativo y cualitativo realizado en la periferia de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, entre 2009 y 2011. Los resultados muestran la necesidad de revisar cierta perspectiva que dominó la interpretación del mundo económico popular en América Latina, para prestar más atención al peso del mercado del crédito y al endeud…
Etnografias de práticas econômicas Reflexões sobre fronteiras sociais
As pesquisas que se debruçam sobre temas de economia costumam conceber seus objetos e problemáticas tendo como premissa a existência de uma dicotomia entre as práticas econômicas dos agentes “dominantes” (elites,\ngrandes empresas, etc.) e as práticas dos agentes “dominados” (subalternos, populares, etc.). A partir dessa divisão, tem-se organizado diferentes campos\nde investigação e produzido discursos idiossincráticos implícitos sobre a "especi…
Understanding the relation between individual and society through Georg Simmel ́s sociology
This article identifies, among Georg Simmel's various writings, his conception of one of modern social theory's founding concepts: the tension between individual and society. Simmel insists that the question ?How is society possible?? requires a philosophical, as much as a purely sociological, answer. In this article we argue that Simmel?s objective in founding a science of society cannot be separated from his interpretation of modernity. We shal…
As Dimensões Expressivas e Morais da Ordem Interacional na Análise da Venda de 'Publicações de Rua
Analiso neste artigo a atividade dos vendedores de publicações de rua na cidade de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Estas revistas são vendidas por pessoas em situação acentuadamente precária. A partir das ferramentas oferecidas pela sociologia de Erving Goffman, a análise enfoca os encontros entre vendedores e compradores para iluminar as dimensões expressivas e morais da ordem interacional. Exponho os dilemas que ambas estas dimensões comportam, espec…
La gestion du chômage défiée: Les sens de la justice dans les « récupérations » d'usines par les travailleurs en Argentine
Cet article porte sur l’analyse d’une série de processus connus sous le nom de « récupérations » d’usines et d’entreprises par les travailleurs, menés en Argentine ces dernières années. Ceux-ci ont consisté en des actions destinées à garantir la continuité de l’unité productive d’entreprises en faillite ou en crise, initiant un processus de gestion collective de la production. En nous basant sur un travail de recherche portant sur les « récupérat…
Os usos sociais do dinheiro em circuitos filantrópicos: "O Caso Das "Publicações De Rua
A partir de um estudo de caso centrado em uma organização que edita uma revista vendida por pessoas "sem teto" na cidade de Buenos Aires, me interrogo sobre os usos sociais do dinheiro em circuitos filantrópicos. Ao seguir a polêmica entre dinheiro e dom, que está no centro das discussões da antropologia e da sociologia, enfoco duas questões: a) o papel do dinheiro para demarcar os limites entre as "transações mercantis" e as "circulações de dons…
Etnografias de práticas econômicas Reflexões sobre fronteiras sociais
As pesquisas que se debruçam sobre temas de economia costumam conceber seus objetos e problemáticas tendo como premissa a existência de uma dicotomia entre as práticas econômicas dos agentes “dominantes” (elites,\ngrandes empresas, etc.) e as práticas dos agentes “dominados” (subalternos, populares, etc.). A partir dessa divisão, tem-se organizado diferentes campos\nde investigação e produzido discursos idiossincráticos implícitos sobre a "especi…
Una sociología moral de las relaciones bancarias
Sociología del crédito y economía de las clases populares
Este artículo analiza las consecuencias de la extensión del mercado de crédito al consumo en la economía popular. Se basa en un estudio cuantitativo y cualitativo realizado en la periferia de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, entre 2009 y 2011. Los resultados muestran la necesidad de revisar cierta perspectiva que dominó la interpretación del mundo económico popular en América Latina, para prestar más atención al peso del mercado del crédito y al endeud…
The Moral Performativity of Credit and Debt in the Slums of Buenos Aires
Classic works in anthropology and sociology have essentialized formal capitalist credit and their alternative forms, be they community-based or informal. The financialization of everyday life has produced the return to this one-sided narrative. My aim in this article is to show how the moral dimension of financial practices does not represent the flip side of capitalist institutions. The economization of morality is a transaction that takes place…
Sociología moral del dinero en el mundo popular
Este artículo analiza la conformación de una nueva infraestructura monetaria del mundo popular. Muestra el rol creciente del dinero en estos sectores y se pregunta sobre las nuevas formas de integración social que estos cambios suponen. Aborda estos cambios desde una sociología moral del dinero. Utiliza materiales empíricos de un trabajo de campo en las barriadas de la periferia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires entre 2006 y 2010
Money, morality, and politics in the slums of Buenos Aires
Studies on the political life of the poor in Latin American have rarely focused on money, although there have been works focused on the survival strategies of the poor; political clientelism; and collective mobilizations. In this article, I analyze political life in the poor neighborhoods of Greater Buenos Aires through the lens of money that circulates within the Peronist networks. I conducted ethnography fieldwork between 2006 and 2010. Does mo…
Negociando la inclusión al mercado de consumo: Los Programas De Transferencias Condicionadas De Dinero Y El Orden Familiar
Este trabajo explora dos procesos que, habitualmente, la agenda de investigaciones sobre sociología económica ha abordado de forma separada: los procesos de financiarización del consumo y la monetización de las políticas sociales en los sectores populares. A través de un trabajo etnográfico realizado en el área metropolitana de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, sugerimos el abordaje de una nueva infraestructura monetaria del mundo popular donde distinta…
The Internationalization of Sociology in Argentina 1985–2015: Geographies and Trends
Soybean, bricks, dollars, and the reality of money: Multiple monies during currency exchange restrictions in Argentina (2011-15)
This article aims to show that the properties of money are temporally and relationally contingent. Through the effects of the currency exchange restrictions implemented in Argentina in 2011-15, we develop this perspective to contribute to the understanding of the dynamics of currency pluralism. Based on a fieldwork conducted between 2014 and 2015 in the cities of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, we describe uses and meanings of multiple currencies on t…
Valuaciones monetarias y jerarquías sociales: Evidencias empíricas y desarrollos conceptuales
Basado en líneas de trabajo que sostienen el carácter no neutral del dinero y profundizando en las perspectivas recientes sobre las evaluaciones en la vida económica, este estudio retomará casos empíricos de la historia del arte, la sociología y la antropología para proponer una articulación entre las valuaciones monetarias y el estudio de las jerarquías sociales. Con este propósito se recuperarán cuatro casos especialmente seleccionados que perm…
The Moral Power of Money: Morality and Economy in the Life of the Poor
Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor. Drawing on fieldwork in a slum of Buenos Aires, Ariel Wilkis argues that money is a critical symbol used to negotiate not only material possessions, but also the political, economic, class, gender, and generational bonds between people. Through vivid accounts of the sta…
The Invention of the Favela
Lone Motherhood, Poverty and the Meaning of Money
Lone-mother–headed families are key targets of poverty research and financial coaching training programs worldwide. Yet, despite the centrality of this population in poverty studies, there is little research on how this population construes the meaning of money in developed economies. This article focuses on the social construction of money among low-income lone mothers in Israel—a highly market-oriented, neoliberal economy. Based on a qualitativ…
Viviana Zelizer's work as inspiration for a public sociology of money
Viviana Zelizer’s work was welcomed in Latin America, where new generations of economic sociologists were reworking the study agenda of the discipline. The recent history of our subdiscipline in the region cannot be told without taking into account Zelizer’s contributions to the analysis of markets, finance, consumption, money, intimacy, and economic relations, among many others. This article provides an overview of my research over the past fift…
Connected lives: Care, money management, and gender inequality in low‐income households in times of crisis in Argentina
Inspired by the sociology of Zelizer, this article lays out a framework of analysis that sheds light on money management as a cornerstone of the social organization of care. First, it lays out the features of the money management of care and caretaking practices to reveal a cyclical process in which the money side of care is rendered invisible and naturalized. It then turns to the question of debt, a key aspect of money management, and its reinfo…
The Argonauts as a classic of Sociology: Malinowski and the recent history of New Economic Sociology
This essay was presented at the tribute to Bronislaw Malinowski, 100 years after the publication of The Argonauts of the Western Pacific organized by the Department of Social Anthropology of the London School of Economics. Its objective is to reflect on the exchanges between sociology and economic anthropology in different academic contexts and how these dynamics generate different conditions for the field of the "new" economic sociology to recog…
Os Argonautas como um clássico da Sociologia: Malinowski e a história recente da Nova Sociologia Econômica
Este ensaio foi apresentado em homenagem a Bronislaw Malinowski, cem anos após a publicação de Os Argonautas do Pacífico Ocidental, organizado pelo Departamento de Antropologia Social da London School of Economics. Seu objetivo é refletir sobre as trocas entre a sociologia e a antropologia econômica em diferentes contextos acadêmicos e como essas dinâmicas geram distintas condições para que o campo da "nova" sociologia econômica reconheça Os Argo…
Moral superiority over the state: Young people’s experience of inflation and the rise of the libertarian right in Argentina
This article examines social experiences of inflation as the basis for an empirical analysis about how a particular sector in Argentina began leaning toward the political platform of the extreme right under Javier Milei. In order to establish these connections, we focus on the experience of young people, as this is the age group where support for the libertarian is broadest. The research included a quantitative and a qualitative stage (surveys an…
"The US dollar against "the caste: Argentina's libertarian right wing and its promise of a new monetary regime
This article seeks to understand the part played by the US currency in the radical program of Javier Milei and his allies. On the one hand, it explores the ways in which the dollarization project gained presence in the electoral campaign of 2023, conferring identity and making the libertarian project attractive to an important part of society. On the other hand, it shows the continuity and rupture lines of this process with the previous history o…
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