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Seit mehreren Dekaden ist in westlichen Gesellschaften eine Zunahme gemeinschaftlich organisierter Lebensformen festzustellen. Zwar verlor Gemeinschaft mit der Etablierung staatlicher Verfassungen ihre Rolle als zentrale Instanz öffentlichen Lebens, dennoch finden sich in der Moderne durchgängig gemeinschaftliche Beziehungen und Lebensformen. Diese verweisen auf das menschliche Bedürfnis nach verlässlichen sozialen Bindungen im Privaten wie im Öffentlichen. Das vorliegende Buch führt in eine soziologische Gemeinschaftsforschung ein, die sich aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven alternativen gemeinschaftlich organisierten Lebensformen zuwendet und Experimente kollektiven Zusammenlebens beschreibt.

Theme [ssh.2013.3.2-1] [Social Innovation- Empowering People, changing societies] Project Full Title: "Transformative Social Innovation Theory project" ; [Abstract] This report presents the results of a case study developed on the Slow Food movement within the EU-FP7 funded TRANSIT Proyect. Slow Food is a International association founded to counter the rise of fast food and fast life. Slow Food demands a shift of paradigm towards a new food system, based on the defense of biodiversity, respect for local cultures and community empowerment. Slow Food envisions a world in which all people can access and enjoy quality food produced in a sustainable and fair way. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 613169

"Obwohl seit mehr als 20 Jahren bekannt ist, dass die derzeitige abendländische Lebensweise ökologisch nicht nachhaltig und sozial nicht gerecht ist, scheint sie sich mit der Globalisierung mehr denn je auszubreiten. Die Ursachen dafür sind längst nicht vollständig erkannt und zahlreiche - wohl aber zu wenige - Forschungsvorhaben beschäftigen sich mit deren Analyse. Noch weniger wird allerdings am anderen Ende der Frage, wie denn eine 'nachhaltigere', besser abgestimmte Lebensweise aussehen könnte, geforscht. Die Gefahr sich idealistischer Utopien oder normativer Diskurse zu bedienen und damit eher ideologisch und politisch zu argumentieren als wissenschaftlich zu forschen, scheint groß. Nach Bruno Latour ist aber auch die Trennung in wissenschaftlich erforschte Tatsachen und normativ begründete Werte politisch-epistemologisch konstruiert. Der Beitrag möchte für die Suche nach nachhaltigen Lebensweisen einen soziologischen Forschungsansatz entwerfen und diskutieren, der der Trennung in Tatsachen und Werten vorgängige Entstehungsprozesse von Lebensweisen und sozialen Ordnungsstrukturen beforscht. Jenseits der Analyse bestehender Sozialstrukturen - aber darauf aufbauend - wird mit einer induktiv-empirischen Forschungsmethodik des Experimentierens nach in der Wirklichkeit liegenden Möglichkeiten für die Gestaltung sozialer Organisationsstrukturen für nachhaltige Lebensweisen gefragt. Nachhaltige Entwicklung ist von der Grundidee seiner sozialen Dimension her ein Konzept, das Möglichkeiten langfristig zu erhalten und zu erweitern anstrebt. Mit Hilfe von ausgewählten Fallbeispielen aus dem Spektrum intentionaler Gemeinschaftsprojekte, die erproben 'nachhaltige' Lebensweisen experimentell umzusetzen, wird versucht eine Forschungsstrategie eines soziologischen Transformationsexperiments in Richtung zukunftsfähiger Lebensweisen zu entwerfen." (Autorenreferat)

Theme [ssh.2013.3.2-1][Social Innovation- Empowering People, changing societies] ; Project Full Title: "Transformative Social Innovation Theory project" ; [Abstract] The object of the present deliverable is the integration of the main outcomes of empirical research and integration activities developed within the TRANSIT project on the cross-cutting theme of "social learning" as well as the distilling of main insights for the development of "practical briefs and tools". Deliverable 2.3 reports on the outcomes of these activities, and consists of the following sections: 1. Working paper: " The role of social learning in transformative social innovations" 2. Synthesis of the third integration workshop: Motivations, relations and transformations. The role of social learning in individual and collective agency for social innovation 3. Social Learning with PEERs: Practitioner Engagement for Empowering Reflections 4. Insights on Social Learning for Transformative Social Innovation Practice (input for practice brief and practice tool. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 613169

[Abstract] This TRANSIT brief offers insights into the following questions: what is social learning, what does it consist of in the case of SI initiatives, and why is social learning important – even foundational – for SI initiatives as well as wider society? The brief also, brief provides insight into the role of networks in social learning for social innovation. Answers to these questions are illustrated with empirical examples from the following three (TRANSIT) cases: Slow Food, Credit Unions & Financial Cooperatives and Eco-villages. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programmefor research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 613169

A previous version of this paper has been part of TRANSIT Deliverable 3.3 (July 2016), the second prototype of TSI theory. ; [Abstract] This working paper presents a set of propositions about the agency and dynamics of transformative social innovation (TSI) that have been developed as part of an EU-funded research project entitled "TRANsformative Social Innovation Theory" (TRANSIT; 2014-2017). These TSI propositions represent first steps towards the development of a new theory of TSI, taking the form of proto-explanations of the agency and dynamics of TSI, based on the bringing together of our empirical observations on TSI and the project's theoretical reviews and theoretical framings. Ideally this working paper should be read in conjunction with the working paper entitled "A framework for transformative social innovation" (Haxeltine et al 2016) which presents in skeletal terms the theoretical and conceptual framing of TSI developed in the TRANSIT project. This TSI framework builds on sustainability transition studies, social innovation research, social psychology studies of empowerment and other several other areas of social theory to deliver a bespoke theoretical and conceptual framework that is grounded in a relational ontology and which is being employed as a platform for the development of a middle-range theory of TSI. Next we provide a very brief overview of some key elements of the framework, in particular how we conceptualise social innovation, transformative change, and transformative social innovation. Propositions were developed for each of four relational dimensions implied by the TSI framework with also a brief statement of the topic addressed by each of the twelve propositions. ; This article is based on research carried out as part of the Transformative Social Innovation Theory ("TRANSIT") project, which is funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) under grant agreement 613169

[Abstract] This working paper presents the TRANSIT open-access online database on Critical Turning Points (CTP) in Transformative Social Innovation. It specifies the contents of the database, comprising qualitative accounts of more than 450 'critical' episodes in the evolution of social innovation initiatives in 27 different countries. Providing the theoretical-methodological context to these data, the paper also describes the theoretical background of the CTP concept and the methodology though which the CTP accounts have been reconstructed through interviews with members of SI initiatives. The paper concludes with reflections on the open access CTP database as a knowledge infrastructure, discussing its significance in terms of mapping, dissemination and framing of social innovation. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 613169

Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating the societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this research we used a novel futures-oriented and participatory approach that asked what future envisioned knowledge systems might need to look like and how we might get there. Findings suggest that envisioned future systems will need to be much more collaborative, open, diverse, egalitarian, and able to work with values and systemic issues. They will also need to go beyond producing knowledge about our world to generating wisdom about how to act within it. To get to envisioned systems we will need to rapidly scale methodological innovations, connect innovators, and creatively accelerate learning about working with intractable challenges. We will also need to create new funding schemes, a global knowledge commons, and challenge deeply held assumptions. To genuinely be a creative force in supporting longevity of human and non-human life on our planet, the shift in knowledge systems will probably need to be at the scale of the enlightenment and speed of the scientific and technological revolution accompanying the second World War. This will require bold and strategic action from governments, scientists, civic society and sustained transformational intent.

Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating the societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this research we used a novel futures-oriented and participatory approach that asked what future envisioned knowledge systems might need to look like and how we might get there. Findings suggest that envisioned future systems will need to be much more collaborative, open, diverse, egalitarian, and able to work with values and systemic issues. They will also need to go beyond producing knowledge about our world to generating wisdom about how to act within it. To get to envisioned systems we will need to rapidly scale methodological innovations, connect innovators, and creatively accelerate learning about working with intractable challenges. We will also need to create new funding schemes, a global knowledge commons, and challenge deeply held assumptions. To genuinely be a creative force in supporting longevity of human and non-human life on our planet, the shift in knowledge systems will probably need to be at the scale of the enlightenment and speed of the scientific and technological revolution accompanying the second World War. This will require bold and strategic action from governments, scientists, civic society and sustained transformational intent.