https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn We all do favours for others, but why? And what does calling something a ‘favour’ say about imagined motives and expected outcomes? Think about the ambiguities of language – ‘favour’, ‘gift’, ‘bribe’, 'nepotism', 'corruption' – and how they leave open space for manipulating how actions are interpreted. en-us 2019-08-21 02:37:25 UTC 2019-08-22 03:51:44 UTC hello@padlet.com sophiea21 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376197229 Favour: forced reciprocity and obligation, transaction - favours can be asked for,
Gift: generosity, selflessness - out of your own volition - can be a greater burden depending on $$ cost
Both can be received unequally & change relationships
Both imply the same level of reciprocity, difference with a gift is that obligation is hidden behind false politeness 
Favour is more functional 
Even though gift giving entails obligation, the TRUE act of gift giving should not be considered in a transactional context (?)
A gift is not necessarily useful in its inherent qualities but the focus is on its purpose in building relations - whereas favour aways has a useful purpose
Favour implies the person being helped has the capacity to do something the actor cannot, whereas gift giving can happen in and of itself, favour entails being helped at a later stage bc of the action undertaken 
perceived imbalance in giving a favour = an action the person does not have the capacity to undertake themselves]]> 2019-08-22 00:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376197229 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376199699 2019-08-22 00:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376199699 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376200274 A favour may be more of a practice and a gift is seen as more of an object that can be calculated in monetary terms.  A favour has the ability to sustain and create relations between people that can in turn influence events.  ]]> 2019-08-22 00:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376200274 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376223936 Favours are supposedly done out of good will but are more likely to be done out of societal expectations and avoidance of conflict ]]> 2019-08-22 03:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376223936 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376224276 Compared to gift-giving, favours have to do with social esteem and merit. Gifts are more to do with a relationship between two people. ]]> 2019-08-22 03:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376224276 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376224388 Movement away from a focus on reciprocity and towards the idea of individual esteem building

]]> 2019-08-22 03:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376224388 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376224415 Favours - Acts of Service
Gifts - gift-giving

Both serve as ways to recognise another person. ]]> 2019-08-22 03:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376224415 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376224699 Understandings of favours shift within social contexts and between power dynamics - ideas of reciprocation and the implicit vs explicit expectations that underlie these favours shift depending on levels of comfort, closeness, social setting]]> 2019-08-22 03:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376224699 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225129 - different cultural contexts and communities shift our ideas of how ''favours'' are perceived. ]]> 2019-08-22 03:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225129 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225184 Gifts are a form of resource. Therefore, they are economic on resource. 

Favours are more unlikely to have a recognisable value to itself, and only hold meaning between the favourer and the favouree. ]]> 2019-08-22 03:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225184 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225261 different cultural contexts can shape meanings around favours e.g in Indonesia, where i grew up, there's a much more open understanding of power dynamics and how favours express ideas of 'superiority' in terms of class, wealth, etc. also a much larger culture about 'saving face']]> 2019-08-22 03:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225261 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225286 favours are culturally relative and differ according to place, power dynamic, culture, gender, class etc.]]> 2019-08-22 03:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225286 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225647 Gift]]> 2019-08-22 03:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225647 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225649 Gifts are more monetary and the reciprocity and obligations behind gifts is tied to their monetary value. 

Favours are more ambiguous because often they are not material and hence can be "repayed" in different ways. I think that the size of the favour determines one's obligation to return the favour. 
Ie a small favour such as borrowing a pen - it is sufficient to say thankyou. Theres not much obligation to return the favour though asking for this kind of favour too many times and not reciprocating (such as letting them borrow a pen) is seen as rude ']]> 2019-08-22 03:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225649 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225974 capitalism!]]> 2019-08-22 03:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376225974 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376226051 This may be problematic when choosing language to express these concepts.  How we think about certain words such as "favour" and "gift" may depend on cultural context or individual interpretation and experiences in the world. Possibly this means that we should define how we will use our terms!]]> 2019-08-22 03:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376226051 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376226245 In Western society, we have capitalised on gift-giving. For example, the Cadbury Favourites 'what to bring when you're told not to bring a thing' or the expectation that you'll bring wine to a dinner, or even a diamond for a wedding ring. These objects have become commodified as items of 'gift-value' removed from an individual, of their own agency, in applying unique value to that object. 


]]> 2019-08-22 03:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376226245 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376226621 cultural context and specifically the exact social situation (including the relationship between people, their status and history of favour giving/asking)]]> 2019-08-22 03:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376226621 ziyec1 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376227149 depending on the status of the people]]> 2019-08-22 03:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376227149 ziyec1 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376228468 Favours shift to emphasise the action of giving and its function of building the prestige of the giver, rather than focusing on having a return.]]> 2019-08-22 03:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376228468 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376228540 The Western lens can have a biased view on corruption in other government systems. 

This ethnocentrism can instead be mistaken for cultural differences and what is particularly pertinent for other people. ]]> 2019-08-22 03:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376228540 https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376229397 General public as I don't think many people think about favours in different ways. I would emphasise the ambiguity of favours and that they are not always well meaning]]> 2019-08-22 03:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mmam/TAI_Week4_Plueckhahn/wish/376229397