Examples of food cooperatives in Poland
as a laboratory of social initiatives
Examples of food cooperatives in Poland
as a laboratory of social initiatives
Author(s): Bohdan SkrzypczakSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: community initiatives; community institutions; public pedagogy; constructing the common good
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses new forms of social collaboration that have been actively developing in cities for a number of years now. The text analyses the form of social interactions that the author has defined as a community institution. Applying this cognitive category to a reflection on a specific example – a food cooperative – made it possible to capture the characteristic features of a community self-organisation mechanism. Discovering the institutional aspects of the discussed phenomenon made it possible to observe that community collaboration involves an educational process of constructing the common good and consequently – a major potential of pedagogical impact and significant impact on local public policies.
Journal: Kultura - Społeczeństwo - Edukacja
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 69-81
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English