l’Asilo Commoning Culture

In Jackson, Mississippi, Cooperation Jackson are building a solidarity economy, anchored by a network of cooperatives and worker-owned, democratically self-managed enterprises. This visionary project not only continues the historic Afro-American struggle for land, but shows how we can all make a just transition to a zero carbon, zero waste economy ourselves.

This 5 minute film provides an introduction to the key concepts and approach of Community Economies scholarship, informed by the work of J.K. Gibson-Graham, and inspiring the research, teaching, learning, activism and artwork of more than 250 members of the Community Economies Research Network around the globe.