Het Nieuwe Tussen 2019

The Co-Cities Report 25 space, 2 training sessions for the elaboration of a cultural project, one exhibition, and it invited 8 artists in residence. In 2017, through the “Proposal for a Metropolis” initiative, Think Tanger aims at continuing its work and transform itself into an urban laboratory where artists, architects, urbanists, researchers and other urban actors can work together to come up with innovative projects which attempt at giving a human and social dimension to the urbanization of Tanger. Analysis ● Catchment area: Municipal level; ● Urban collective governance: Strong cooperation and support from local municipal leadership; governance model of project under construction; ● The enabling State: support at city level administration is strong; ● Poolism: focused on cooperation and mutual support, but centered around the creation of healthy exchange mechanism through complementary currency; ● Experimentalism: very strong participation methodology and capacity-buidling aspects; ● Tech justice: central role. 3.3.4 Oceania Australia and New Zealand (Australia: Adelaide and Melbourne; New Zealand: Christchurch) 46) Adelaide, Australia Summary An outgrowth of the ecocity movement, Christie Walk, started in 1999 and finished in 2006, aimed to create a living eco-city community that would not be an alien import into an existing neighborhood. The idea was not to compromise on any ecocity principles. The community is now successfully established, in a positive relation to its neighborhood, despite the early roadblocks by regulation and classic bank expectations. The commons paradigm was present through the emphasis on collective self-organization, intense participation, and community aspect of the design. While there was no effective support from the various ‘uncomprehending’ branches of government, they recognized the merits afterwards. Analysis ● Geographical Dimension: community within neighborhood in Adelaide, South Australia; ● Catchment area: neighborhood; ● Urban collective governance: self-governed community; ● The Enabling State: no support; ● Poolism: community design and infrastructure; ● Experimentalism: rigorous adherence to ecocity principles at every stage of design; ● Tech justice: 47) Melbourne, Australia Summary Various members of the Melbourne branch of the Australian/NZ Commons Transition Coalition, which has a political vision on the commons transition, have initiated various projects in Melbourne, and particularly in the western suburban industrial city of Maribyrnong, which is marked by both high levels of industrial and consumer waste, and deep social needs to the lower economic status of its inhabitants, which count many migrants and refugees. The work centers around the Footscray coop, which is collaborative makerspace and center in one of the neighborhoods and its initiative for a deep participatory process around the craft of a collective Maribyrnong Maker Map, which has brought together many different makers, designers and citizens in need of engagement, around the collective intelligence needed to map the asset base in the region. The projects are entirely bootstrapped through self-funding (crowdfunding) and inspired by action research and other participatory methodologies. The projects combine answering the need for creative personal