Trading Futures: Sadaqah, Social Enterprise, and the Polytemporalities of Development Gifts
(2021)
Journal Article
Widger, T., & Osella, F. (2021). Trading Futures: Sadaqah, Social Enterprise, and the Polytemporalities of Development Gifts. Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, 2021(90), 106-119. https://doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2020.072006
In this article, we explore what happens when idea(l)s of Islamic charity (sadaqah) and social enterprise converge within a low-cost public health clinic in Colombo, Sri Lanka. For both the clinic's wealthy sponsors and the urban poor who use it, int... Read More about Trading Futures: Sadaqah, Social Enterprise, and the Polytemporalities of Development Gifts.