From the WINGS archive, an interview with Genevieve Vaughan about the concepts elaborated in her first book, For-Giving: A Feminist Criticism of Exchange.
She also talked about how she arrived at that theory while living in Italy, and some of the work she had done putting it into practice. She now has 8 books, some available in multiple languages.
Genevieve Vaughan is a leading theorist in the Gift Economy movement, with a particular interest in unilateral giving to needs – in contrast to “gift exchange.” She was also one of the activists who developed the concept of the “peace tent&
