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Author: Justin Armstrong

Anthropology, Writing

From Stone Money to Cryptocurrency: an ethnographic history of money

January 2, 2025June 4, 2025 Justin Armstrong

Funding Source: Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation – My research project examines the cultural history of money by charting its development and use across time and place. Beginning with the giant stone currency (rai) found on the Micronesian island of … Continue reading From Stone Money to Cryptocurrency: an ethnographic history of money

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