http://socialspaces.org Social Spaces Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:58:18 +0000 http://socialspaces.org en http://www.socialspaces.org/Social-Spaces http://www.socialspaces.org/following/socialspaces.org/Social-Spaces Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:58:18 +0000 Social Spaces 2360394 Social Spaces aims to transform society at community level. We surface new emergent knowledge from successful community practise around the world; use a trans-disciplinary approach to analyse and extract learning; and develop innovative ways to spread these new ideas and methods. We are determined to make an adventure of it. <img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/0/8539/2360394/PP - new green.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="2048" height_o="1152" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/0/8539/2360394/PP - new green_o.jpg" data-mid="17973056" border="0" align="left"/> Social Spaces has an infrastructure that enables us to collaborate widely. We have three different work spaces: + SOCIAL LAB Exploration and experimentation space. We collaborate with innovative people and organisations around the globe and from varying disciplines. We share research and practice, test new ideas and create tools and techniques to spread creative community culture. We seek funding for individual projects, or decide to self-fund things we believe to be important. Click here to see our current collaborations + COMMUNITY LOVER'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE International collaborative book series. Following the fantastic response to Hand Made - portraits of emergent community culture (100,000 online readers) we are producing local editions known collectively as Community Lover's Guide to the Universe. We are a collaborative innovation network of over 45 voluntary editors across the globe - working together to share inspiring examples of people-led activity. Click here to read stories of inspiring community projects + SOCIAL SPACES STUDIOS Experts in community engagement. We join knowledge surfaced from community level, with first-hand experiences from projects and tools developed and tested in the Social Lab, and put it into wider practice. This work stimulates new types of community activities and enables citizens and professionals alike to collaborate in transforming our neighbourhoods. Click here to see how to put these ideas into practice Social Spaces aims to transform society at community level. We surface new emergent knowledge from successful community practise around the world; use a...