Anette Schlimm, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich)

Time: 23-24 February 2017
Venue: Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich, Germany
Proposals by: 28 October 2016

The workshop addresses the manifold changes in rural spaces and their influence on rural populations since the 19th century. It is especially concerned with changes in the forms of collective actions in rural associations and communities. Pre-modern rural communities were characterized by overlapping spaces of collectivity: the management of common grounds, the influence of religious or legal ties on the social structure, and specific institutions of social control and collective action. Social, economic, juridical and political transformations since the 19th century changed the possibilities of social action not only in urban but also in rural environments as ‘the individual’ became the leading social figure of modernity. Nonetheless, collaboration, collectivity and co-operation continued to play an important part of social reality, especially in rural areas. The workshop investigates the variety of cooperative practices in rural Europe as well as the interdependent transformations of rural public and semi-public spaces. Read more and source … (Web)