Prethodno priopćenje
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.54.1.3
Eco-villages: Subpolitical Answer to Unsustainability
Nataša Bokan
orcid.org/0000-0002-0094-025X
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Agronomski fakultet, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Rural space and rural society in Croatia are vastly overtaken by processes of depopulation
and economic stagnation. However, in one type of contemporary communities we find the
model of local development which helps create vital social energy and ideas for increasing
sustainability. In this paper we will argue that eco-villages, as intentional communities, are
the expression of late modern processes. We start with the history of alternative communities,
then with their appearance in Croatia and with the social, economic and environmental
aspects of their worldview and everyday practices. In our analysis we will incorporate the
notion of reflexive modernization by which we will interpret some aspects of eco-villages’
values. Theoretical framework also includes the concept of sustainability which we find very
fruitful in the analysis of the eco-villages’ worldview. Within the discussion on the new rurality
concept, we will place the eco-village movement within broader social processes in rural
societies. Empirically we found our paper on the qualitative research, multiple case study
conducted in 2011/2012 in five eco-villages in Croatia. In our conclusion, the eco-village is
interpreted as a concept of multidimensional sustainability and a new type of community
characterized by subpolitics and reflexivity.
Ključne riječi
ekosela; održivost; održivi razvoj; subpolitičnost; nova ruralnost
Hrčak ID:
156649
URI
Datum izdavanja:
22.4.2016.
Posjeta: 2.180 *