News from ICSA International Communal Studies Association Webinars
ICSA is launching a series of webinars to take place before the next face-to-face Conference in the summer of 2025, where we will celebrate our 40th Anniversary. The first Webinar will take place on September, 26th 2024. Each Webinar will last 90 minutes, and we will offer three academic presentations followed by Q&A and discussion panels. The next webinars are planned for November 28th, 2025; February 13th, and April 10th, 2025.
Webinar 1: Thursday 26th September 2024 on “Intentional Community & Social Change”
Bill Metcalf, Iris Kunze and Jan Martin Bang will present aspects of research, followed by a general discussion chaired by Taisa Mattos. We will see how intentional community has influenced society in the past, and how it continues up to this day. We will also see how intentional communities can offer solutions to the economic, ecological, technical and social challenges facing society today.
Time: (07:00 Brazil, 13:00 Israel, 12:00 CEST, 20:00 Australia)
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Looking forward to seeing you at the webinars!
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Presenter: Iris Kunze, Ph.D.
Bio: Researcher, author, coach and project manager in the field of sustainable lifestyles, community, social innovations and civil society movements since 2001. Currently living in a tiny house rural community in Austria, and offering lectures, coaching, and training for communal living projects. Awarded Starting Scholar in 2011 by the Communal Studies Association (USA).
Presentation short description: Intentional Communities as transformative Social Innovations.
Presenter: Jan Martin Bang
Bio: Permaculture Designer and teacher, former president of the International Communal Studies Association. Leading activist in environmental projects and ecovillage developments internationally with over 30 years experience in designing and teaching courses. Lived in income-sharing communities for 30 years, in Israel and Norway. Author of several descriptive and comprehensive sourcebooks.
Presentation short description: Social impact in a variety of communities: Essenes, Monasteries, Robert Owen, and Kibbutz and Camphill.
Presenter: Bill Metcalf, Ph.D.
Bio: Sociologist and social historian with over 50 years dedicated to living in and studying communes and intentional communities around the globe. Honorary Associate Professor of the University of Queensland. Awarded author of numerous reviews, books, chapters, encyclopaedia entries and articles. Currently building up a massive database of intentional communities in Australia.
Presentation short description: Explore the meaning of “intentional community”, and the utopian goal of living a “better” life, by delving into who gets to decide this, how it is shaped by the politics and history of communities.
Sliding-scale Pricing:
One Session: €15
All Three Sessions: €30
All Three Sessions + ICSA Membership up to and including the 2025 Lisbon Conference:
€50 Low income, member of income-sharing community
€100 Professional membership
€200 Institutional membership
€500 Institutional partner membership