Abstract
During this three-day gathering in the Italian Alps, we wanted to explore how practices of community economies are being activated by people coming from an art and design background in a variety of local contexts. The theoretical framework for our gathering was constituted by the diverse and community economies theories developed by economic geographers J.K.Gibson- Graham and the Community Economies Institute.
This practice exchange was an occasion to bring together practitioners and theorists to work together on concrete case studies of artist and designers activating community economies in diverse places across Europe. Another objective was to support several local projects in developing or strengthening their community economies approach. A core question of the gathering was how community economies practitioners deal with issues of scale, as often these practitioners find their work’s validity challenged along lines of argumentation that claim that only what is scalable and effectively scales has potential for transformation.
Through this Snapshot Journal I want to give an insight into the topics we discussed, the methods we used to support our collective thinking and the thinking that has been produced.