@article{fdi:010090415, title = {{C}onceptual, terminological and methodological foundations for addressing non-commercial transfers}, author = {{P}annier, {E}mmanuel}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}nthropology has long identified the existence of non-commercial flow of goods and services. {H}owever, because of their heterogeneity, these social practices are difficult to conceptualize and categorize. {W}hile for a long time the concept of {G}ift dominated the literature on these forms of transfers, it is now widely criticized. {B}ut then, how can we precisely designate and define these specific forms of transfers and the field they belong to ? {I}s there a conceptual frame able to bring together the great diversity of non-commecial transfers ? {I}f yes, what are its properties? {T}his introduction shows that it remains useful and necessary to have common concepts to describe transfers observed in different realities, although in empirical reality transfers are difficult to classify in a fixed and exclusive category. {B}uilding on and extending the conceptual and methodological advances in this field of research, this article seeks to characterize and delimit the field of non-commercial circulation and to identify certain specific forms of transfer within this field. {I}t argues that the common feature of these non-commercial transfers is the necessary presence of another social relationship between the protagonists than the one established during the transactional interaction. {W}hen this social relationship that shapes and conditions the course of the transfers falls within the sphere of interpersonal relations, a sub-field appears: the sphere of interpersonal transfers. {O}n this basis, the author proposes a common grammar to name, distinguish and analyze the different forms of transfers that constitute non-commercial circulation.}, keywords = {{MYANMAR} ; {LAOS} ; {VIET} {NAM} ; {INDONESIE} ; {FRANCE}}, booktitle = {{T}ransferts non marchands en {A}sie du {S}ud-{E}st et au-del{\`a} : diversit{\'e} des {\'e}changes et dynamiques des rapports sociaux [dossier]}, journal = {{M}oussons}, volume = {37}, numero = {}, pages = {en ligne [23 ]}, ISSN = {1620-3224}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.4000/moussons.8755}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090415}, }