Frederick Wherry is Professor of Sociology at Yale University, where he also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Cultural Sociology and Chair-Elect of the Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of six books: Money Talks: How Money Really Works (2017) with Viviana Zelizer and Nina Bandelj, The Sage Encyclopedia of Economics and Society (2015) with Juliet Schor, The Culture of Markets (2012), The Cultural Wealth of Nations (2011) with Nina Bandelj, The Philadelphia Barrio ( 2011), and Global Markets and Local Crafts: Thailand and Costa Rica Compared (2008). He is currently editing The Oxford Handbook of Consumption with Ian Woodward. At Stanford University Press, he co-edits (with Jennifer Lena and Greta Hsu) the book series Culture and Economic Life.

Abstract:
Diversity Out of Place: From Artisanal Markets to Financially Inclusive Banking

For too long we have assumed that diversity has its place. We recognize artisans crafting authentic arts as upholding local traditions, but when they leave their communities in search of global market opportunities their motivations and the integrity of their craft are called into question. At the same time, we have cast banking services as place-less, uprooted and uprooting. What happens when the local go global and when the global acquires local roots? And how do stigmatized identities navigate such global disruptions? From artisanal markets to financially inclusive banking, diverse identities resist their place.