george dafermos

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#AureaSocial
#MaCUS
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#SOM Pujarnol
#Catalan Supply Center (CAC)
#XCTIT
#Calafou
#XES
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In 2016 I went to Catalonia in order to conduct a field study of one of the most interesting cooperative projects which have emerged in Europe in the age of crisis: the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC).

Doing fieldwork in the CIC means I lived with CIC activists for about two months so as to familiarize myself with their activities. Using the building of AureaSocial - the unofficial headquarters of the CIC in Barcelona, where I had the luck to be hosted - as my 'base', I embedded myself in the cooperativa, taking part in its daily life and visited many exciting projects which are connected to the CIC, like the Calafou post-capitalist colony and the MaCUS makerspace.

The result of this research experience is this special report, which has been published by the P2P Foundation and the Robin Hood Coop on the Commons Transition website. I hope that fellow commoners and co-operators will find it interesting!