Ecovillages in the Netherlands and their socio-ecological transformability

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dc.contributor.advisorPettit, Harry
dc.contributor.authorDoorn, van, Albertjan
dc.date.issued2024-08-09
dc.description.abstractThis bachelor’s thesis explores ecovillages in The Netherlands as sites where counter-hegemonic narratives are created. Ecovillages, as intentional communities promoting sustainable living, challenge hegemonic capitalist, individualistic, and consumerist paradigms through their practices and ideologies. This research investigates how these communities embody and diffuse alternative socio-ecological narratives, putting emphasis on solidarity, community living, and ecological sustainability. The study analyses the ways in which ecovillages resist and offer viable alternatives to the imperial mode of living, which is characterized by exploitative and unsustainable consumption patterns. Through qualitative methods, a case study of six ecovillages in The Netherlands, the thesis examined the way ecovillages develop their narratives and their strategies for spreading those narratives. The socio-ecological transformation, according to Brand & Wissen (2021) is a precondition for a socially and ecologically just planet. Therefore, I have related the narrative creation and spreading processes of the ecovillages to conditions to be transformative in this regard. The results indeed show that ecovillages in The Netherlands, through holistic practices, develop counter-hegemonic narratives and attempt to spread their narratives to the outside of the ecovillages, and therefore indeed hold transformative potential.
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/17765
dc.language.isoen
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Managementwetenschappen
dc.thesis.specialisationspecialisations::Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen::Bachelor Geography, Spatial Planning and Environment::Bachelor Geography, Spatial Planning and Environment
dc.thesis.studyprogrammestudyprogrammes::Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen::Bachelor Geography, Spatial Planning and Environment
dc.thesis.typeBachelor
dc.titleEcovillages in the Netherlands and their socio-ecological transformability
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