Making room to meet, close to home
A table, some time, an open door: what would it take to create a shared place?
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This is a thought exercise, not a report on an existing project. Imagine a place you could enter without having to buy anything.
Welcome lives in the details
Who can come? Who holds the keys? How are decisions made? These questions deserve as much attention as the programme of activities.
Do not idealise collective life
A shared space involves work and choices. Making tasks visible, allowing people to decline and discussing costs can all be useful.
To begin, we could ask two neighbours what kind of place they miss. Their answers may be very different from ours. That is already an encounter.
The study
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You can already read The essentials. The study will be available after writing, source checking and editorial review.