[Reader-list] ProtoVillage

[francesca recchia]

Dear all

I would like to share with you the project I am working on now and would love to 
have your feedback and suggestions.


ProtoVillage (www.protovillage.org) adopts an integrated approach to rural 
development and intends to co-createin 1000 daysan “Adequate” village - 
socially, economically and environmentallyviable - thathas the inhabitants 
directly involved in its thinking and making. 


We want to develop a multi-dimensional definition of the "desired state" of 
being, and work with the populations to get to that desired state and have 
sufficient access to factors that ensure dignity of life. If a multi-dimensional 
approach can comprehensively define the poverty line, and effectively measure 
the population below it, we believe that the definition of a “desired state” can 
also be developed as a function of the same dimensions. We call this desired 
state "Adequacy", and it has 12 interdependent dimensions: Food, Water, Shelter, 
Clothing, Energy, Income Generation, Education, Health Care, Public Domain, 
Connectivity, Social Equity and Eco-Conservation/Disaster Management.

ProtoVillage is our endeavour to develop and implement a model that is designed 
to be both broadly replicable and also capable of accounting for the uniqueness 
of local conditions.

We are currently working towards the implementation of ProtoVillage in Tekulodu 
Panchayat, a cluster of three villages in Chilamathur Mandal in Anantapur 
District in Andhra Pradesh(India).In its first phase we are going to be based 
there for fivemonths developing an action research that,in collaboration with 
the inhabitants,will produce the knowledge about the village that grounds the 
further advancement of the project. 

There are different way to get involved and support the project: there are 
chances of collaboration for experts from different disciplines, students, 
artists and academic. If you are interested in joining in, please get in touch!

Much love
francesca francesca recchia
kiccovich at yahoo.com
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