Naslov
Local Initiatives and Practices in Search of Sustainability and Solidarity: Case Study of the Community Centre Rojc in Pula

Autori
Jernej Pulić, Mirna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Practicing Solidarity for the Future: Book of Abstracts / Olga Orlić, Mirna Jernej Pulić - Zagreb : Institut za antropologiju, 2022, 21-21

ISBN
978-953-8092-00-8

Skup
Practicing Solidarity for the Future

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 14.09.2022. - 16.09.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
SSE, community centre Rojc, circular economy, bottom-up initiatives, sustainability

Sažetak
The Community centre Rojc in Pula is a unique place in Croatia which brings together more than a hundred civil society and community-based organizations of different social engagement and therefore it represents a kind of a “city of civil society”. The paper will present the work of associations and local bottom-up SSE initiatives that act on principles of sustainable development of the local community and environment. Such associations promote and develop different SSE practices, circular economy principles, alternative forms of production, exchange and consumption based on ecological awareness, social inclusion of marginalized groups, etc. The study is based on a qualitative ethnographic research carried out by means of observation and semi- structured interviews with associations’ gate keepers, representatives and main actors. Different motivations for involvement and work in associations and initiatives are analysed in the paper, as well as problems they are facing, perspectives for the future development and their impact on social, economic and ecological sustainability of the local community. The paper argues that the studied associations and initiatives act in the direction of positive social change and therefore may be considered as a kind of local social innovations and promotors of principles and practices of social and solidarity economy. Besides, the specific way of a participatory management model through public- civil partnership, as well as joint activities aimed at cooperation and solidarity make this community centre a distinctive locus of SSE. However, the results show that, in order to be able to continue with their activities, the studied associations are in need of a stronger financial, institutional, political and legal support.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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