<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear all, <div><br></div><div>Regarding degrees, various academic disciplines, and more surely sub-sections of disciplines and crossings of disciplines, may lead to a diploma. The most important field is probably that of local development studies. </div><div><br></div><div>This is a strength of the field, since it relies on various viewpoints and requires various methodologies; and a weakness, since it is nowhere acknowledged as a legitimate and important research field (as far as I know it). </div><div><br></div><div>But this makes sense in the research field, not in the training one. Given that organisations implementing CCs are mostly NGOs, and on a far lesser way local governments or companies, there is no significant (and "cashy") job market for students trained in this field. </div><div> </div><div>Best regards, </div><div><br></div><div>Jerome B. </div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>Le 3 nov. 09 à 22:30, Loren Gatch a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Stephen,<br><br>I'm a self-confessed parasite when it comes to local currencies. I study non-national currencies, past and present, for what they say about the nature of money and its characteristics as a social institution. As for modern local currencies, they interest me but I'm not about to start one myself!<br><br>In the grand scheme of things, I think the potential for cc systems to make the world a better place is real but limited. Like microfinance, alternative monetary and financial forms may thrive in the interstices of modern capitalism, but short of some cataclysm they are ot about to replace it.<br><br>Can one actually get a degree in cc systems? That sounds too narrow to me. I would recommend a broader curriculum in economic development, either at the masters or doctoral level. The reigning economic paradigm has evinced such obvious problems that, more than ever, there surely is a place for creative thinking about economic development in which local forms and institutions have a real place.<br><br>best,<br>Loren Gatch<br><br><br><br>________________________________________<br>From: <a href="mailto:cc_research-bounces@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research-bounces@complementarycurrency.org</a> [<a href="mailto:cc_research-bounces@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research-bounces@complementarycurrency.org</a>] On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:cc_research-request@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research-request@complementarycurrency.org</a> [<a href="mailto:cc_research-request@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research-request@complementarycurrency.org</a>]<br>Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 2:00 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:cc_research@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research@complementarycurrency.org</a><br>Subject: cc_research Digest, Vol 27, Issue 1<br><br>Send cc_research mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:cc_research@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research@complementarycurrency.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://mail.complementarycurrency.org/mailman/listinfo/cc_research_complementarycurrency.org">http://mail.complementarycurrency.org/mailman/listinfo/cc_research_complementarycurrency.org</a><br><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:cc_research-request@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research-request@complementarycurrency.org</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:cc_research-owner@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research-owner@complementarycurrency.org</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of cc_research digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Sending messages to the CC Research Group...<br> (Stephen DeMeulenaere)<br> 2. A questions about academic research and professional<br> development... (Stephen DeMeulenaere)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:47:50 +0800<br>From: Stephen DeMeulenaere <<a href="mailto:stephen@complementarycurrency.org">stephen@complementarycurrency.org</a>><br>Subject: [cc_research] Sending messages to the CC Research Group...<br>To: Complementary Currency Research Group<br> <<a href="mailto:cc_research@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research@complementarycurrency.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4AEE3A46.5040901@complementarycurrency.org">4AEE3A46.5040901@complementarycurrency.org</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"<br><br>Greetings,<br><br>You can send messages directly to the group by sending your email to:<br>Complementary Currency Research Group<br><<a href="mailto:cc_research@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research@complementarycurrency.org</a>><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Stephen<br><br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>Name: stephen.vcf<br>Type: text/x-vcard<br>Size: 203 bytes<br>Desc: not available<br>URL: <<a href="http://mail.complementarycurrency.org/pipermail/cc_research_complementarycurrency.org/attachments/20091102/579c5261/attachment-0001.vcf">http://mail.complementarycurrency.org/pipermail/cc_research_complementarycurrency.org/attachments/20091102/579c5261/attachment-0001.vcf</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:31:45 +0800<br>From: Stephen DeMeulenaere <<a href="mailto:stephen@complementarycurrency.org">stephen@complementarycurrency.org</a>><br>Subject: [cc_research] A questions about academic research and<br> professional development...<br>To: Complementary Currency Research Group<br> <<a href="mailto:cc_research@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research@complementarycurrency.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4AEE8AE1.3020904@complementarycurrency.org">4AEE8AE1.3020904@complementarycurrency.org</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"<br><br>Greetings,<br><br>Although I have been active with complementary currencies for nearly 20<br>years, and have worked professionally with these systems, I so far have<br>not taken the opportunity to earn my MA or PhD degree in complementary<br>currency systems. I made that decision mainly due to my personal<br>financial situation, not having found an opportunity to find a way to<br>finance my education other than taking out a really large loan.<br><br>I would like to ask you how you have benefited professionally, in terms<br>of work and income from your education and research into these systems,<br>or how you hope to benefit professionally from your education in CC systems.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Stephen<br><br>--<br><br>Stephen DeMeulenaere<br>Ubud, Bali, Indonesia<br>Mobile: +62817345516<br><br><br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>Name: stephen.vcf<br>Type: text/x-vcard<br>Size: 203 bytes<br>Desc: not available<br>URL: <<a href="http://mail.complementarycurrency.org/pipermail/cc_research_complementarycurrency.org/attachments/20091102/b00a49b1/attachment-0001.vcf">http://mail.complementarycurrency.org/pipermail/cc_research_complementarycurrency.org/attachments/20091102/b00a49b1/attachment-0001.vcf</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>cc_research mailing list<br><a href="mailto:cc_research@complementarycurrency.org">cc_research@complementarycurrency.org</a><br>http://mail.complementarycurrency.org/mailman/listinfo/cc_research_complementarycurrency.org<br><br><br>End of cc_research Digest, Vol 27, Issue 1<br>******************************************<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>cc_research mailing list<br>cc_research@complementarycurrency.org<br>http://mail.complementarycurrency.org/mailman/listinfo/cc_research_complementarycurrency.org<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Chercheur membre du LEFI (Laboratoire d'économie de la firme et des institutions)</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">LEFI, Institut des Sciences de l'Homme, 14 avenue Berthelot, 69363 Lyon Cedex 07, France</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Tel : (33) 04 72 72 64 07 ou (33) 04 72 72 65 50</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Fax : (33) 04 72 72 65 55 ou (33) 04 72 80 00 08</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; 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