During this Projektseminar – which will take place as a Summer Field School in the region of Molise, Italy – we want to actively explore the alternatives to and within our current economic system through practical examples, engagement, and self-reflection. We will do this in three ways: via visiting and engaging with different examples of economic activities at different scales (e.g. economies of small and large scale, artisanal and profit orientation, paid and unpaid labour); via living and participating in a community economy and studying the different components that contribute to its “making a living” (e.g., resiliency practices such as foraging, storing, DIY, but also migration and local revitalization strategies); and through the active reflection of our own activities, which we create as part of our summer school. Key aspects of the Summer Field School will be field trips; for example to a small scale artisanal wine producer and a home made wine production; a small scale family cheese making operation and a small scale industrial cheese factory; or examples of permaculture, homesteading, and family run olive productions. We will also talk to local people about their house-holding, cooperation, sharing, and gifting practices, and undertake participant observation at the piazza, local markets, and in families.
This Projektseminar will take place for two weeks in the region of Molise, Italy, in September 2024. Students who would like to participate in this Projektseminar are strongly encouraged to also enroll for the class "Reimagining the Economy", as the Projektseminar will be building upon the material discussed in this class.
- Lehrende/r: Sarah Ruth Sippel
- Lehrende/r: Timothy D. Weldon