Cultural Commons Project

Partner Organizations:
Tomales Bay Institute
Project South
Project Description:
We believe strengthening the cultural commons is an essential piece of ensuring the health and vitality of communities, yet this piece is often overlooked in agendas for community and economic development. The Cultural Commons Project seeks to better understand the existence of cultural commons in three specific regions of Hawaii, New Mexico, and New Orleans and the Delta. We are also working to showcase the power and possibility of the cultural commons at the United States Social Forum in Atlanta in June 2007.
Collaborators:
Vicky Takamine, Kumu Hula and President of 'Ilio'ulaokalani Coalition
Bob Agres, Executive Director, Hawaii Alliance on Community Based Economic Development (HACBED)
Albino Garcia, Jr., spiritual healer
and Albino Garcia, Sr, Executive Director, La Placita Institute
Advisors:
Lewis Hyde, This former MacArthur Foundation fellow and author of
The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property is currently working
on a follow-up book investigating the commons
Dr. Mindy Fullilove, Root Shock Institute Community Research Group
Links:
Cultural Commons Project overview document. [PDF]
Predatory Planning page on this site here