08 February 2019, 17:00–21:00
Casco HQ
If you would like to join the meeting, you can sign up via Erik Uitenbogaard. The evening is free to attend, but please bring a contribution to the potluck dinner.
On Friday, 8 February, 17:00 – 21:00, we invite you to the first Study Meeting of the new year, organized with Our New Economy and a contribution by artist Femke Herregraven, and centered around coalitions for initiatives of non-capitalist economic practices.
Our thinking is significantly influenced by an orientation towards money. The original function of money as a means of exchange has been replaced by money as a target in and of itself. There are many innovative perspectives and ideas, and sometimes successful practices, that offer alternatives to the capitalist free-market economy. But which ones are relevant to art and culture? Which aspects of them seem to prevent change? Which paths are passable? What can we learn from pioneers of diverse economies in other sectors, from (international) good practice and breakthroughs? The emphasis this evening is on inventorying and formulating practical perspectives that can contribute to the transition away from the free-market economy. You don’t need to be an expert, just an enthusiastic studier who’s open to creative cooperation and eager to bring knowledge to action in common.
This study meeting is organized as part of Casco’s study line Diverse Economies – for a commons economy. Diverse Economies understands the economy as more diverse than capitalist financial transactions. Instead, it sees it as consisting mostly of social and non-financial exchange – a reality that mostly disappeared within the capitalist economy.
