Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Spring 4-30-2024

College/Unit

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Department/Program/Center

Geology and Geography

Faculty Sponsor

Bradley Wilson

Abstract

Across West Virginia, Appalachia, the South, and other regions which have borne the historic brunt of extraction, capital flight, and systemic lack of opportunity, cooperative and community-based solutions to economic challenges have historically and presently been found in and amongst marginalized communities. As a critical component of community wellbeing, development, and prosperity, we situate housing as a necessary component to the understanding of cooperative, grassroots, and solidarity forms of economic organization. In this we explore the ways community-based housing solutions contribute to senses of community and solidarity both within housing structures and the broader community. We place these findings in the broader context of solidarity economy, as mechanisms for understanding both how solidarity is born and reinforced through community-based housing solutions.

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