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“Why the sea is salty”: Folktales as sources of grassroots economics (2019)
Book Chapter
Sotiropoulou, I. (2019). “Why the sea is salty”: Folktales as sources of grassroots economics. In W. G. Mullins, & P. Batra-Wells (Eds.), The Folklorist in the Marketplace: The Economics of Folklore and the Folklore of Economics (214-233). Louisville, CO: University Press of Colorado

Black money, white money and the circulation of parallel currencies in Venetian Crete (2018)
Book Chapter
Sotiropoulou, I. (2018). Black money, white money and the circulation of parallel currencies in Venetian Crete. In Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Cretan Studies, vol. B (Middle Ages). Herakleion, Greece: Society of Cretan Historical Studies

The paper is based in preliminary research concerning the monetary policies adopted by the Venetian rulers of Crete in the Middle Ages and the implications of the system of black and white money that they used. By the terms "black money" and "whit... Read More about Black money, white money and the circulation of parallel currencies in Venetian Crete.

Everyday practices in Greece in the shadow of property: Urban domination subverted (?) (2015)
Book Chapter
Sotiropoulou, I. (2015). Everyday practices in Greece in the shadow of property: Urban domination subverted (?). In A. Allen, A. Lampis, & M. Swilling (Eds.), Untamed Urbanisms (270-283). London & New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315746692

Introduction This chapter is a first attempt to explore the stance towards property in urban space adopted by grassroots everyday practices in Greek urban centres. The schemes do not use official currency, and neither do they follow the rule of oblig... Read More about Everyday practices in Greece in the shadow of property: Urban domination subverted (?).