Conference Schedule
The conference ran from 9:00-21:30 on July 14, July 15, and July 16, 2022.
Each day began with fifteen minutes of Morgensang, or morning singing, led by our Danish communitarian hosts. There were a few plenary sessions in which all participants met together, but during most time slots there were three session choices.
Recordings of most sessions are freely available . To view a recording, click on the link in the schedule below.
Wednesday
14:00-16:00
Auditorium
Technical Rehearsal
All conference presenters were encouraged to attend this technical rehearsal, either in-person or virtually. We reviewed Zoom protocols, practicing sharing slides, and strategized about how to make the conference as inclusive as possible.
Wednesday
16:00-18:00
Auditorium
ICSA Board Meeting
All ICSA Board members were expected participate, either in-person or virtually. Other ICSA members were welcome to observe the meeting. If you are interested in joining the board, please contact Jan Bang at jnbng@gmail.com or Amsale Temesgen at amsale.k.temesgen@nord.no
Wednesday
18:30-19:30
Atelier
Supper
Thursday
7:30-8:30
Atelier
Breakfast
Thursday
9:00-9:15
Auditorium
Morgensang
Opening Plenary
“Intentional Communities in Denmark”
Panelists: Ross Jackson, Rasmus Lading, Peter Højgaard-Olsen, Randi Jacobsen, Camilla Nielsen-Englyst
Concurrent Session 1-A
Panel Session: “Constructive Socialism and the Kibbutz”
Eilon Shamir, “The Debate Between Marxism and the Constructive Socialism in Early Zionism”
Alon Pauker, “The Figure Behind the Cooperative Society: Syrkin, Socialist Zionism and the Kibbutz”
Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, “The Present Day Kibbutz in Search of Renewed Social Democratic Goals”
Concurrent Session 1-B
Gerriet Schwen, “Understanding Attitudes Conducive to Intentional Communities through Participatory Action Research”
Camilla Nielsen-Englyst, “What’s Up in Denmark”
Thursday
12:45-13:45
Atelier
Lunch
Concurrent Session 2-A
Sylvia Amar, “Laboratories for a Planet-Wide Scale Ecological Design”
Rehema White, Anne-Kathrin Schwab, Roman Hausmann, Paula Duffy, Taisa Mattos, “Ecovillage Transition in Action”
Room Chair Gerriet Schwen, Zoom Tech Amsale Temesgen, Zoom Chair Amy Hart
Concurrent Session 2-B
Panel Session: “Intentional Communities in Israel Doing Social Change”
Nir Michaeli, Session Chair
Orna Shemer, “Overseas Social Change--Intentional Communities Initiative ‘The International School of Peace’ for Refugees in Lesbos”
Doron Timor, “Intentional Communities and the ‘Late Waves’ of the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Vered Haas, “Settle Down but Carry-On Fighting! Revisiting ‘Mishol’ Intentional Community After Twelve Years”
Concurrent Session 2-C
Kirsten Stevens-Wood, “Intentional Communities in the UK and Their Response to an Aging Population”
Concurrent Session 3-A
Paz Elnir, “Activities of the Kibbutz Festival and their Contribution to Israel Culture”
Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman, “A Traditional Revolution: The Emergence of the Religious Kibbutz (1929-1948) from a Women's and Gender Perspective”
Concurrent Session 3-B
Eldad Ben-Eliezer, “Forces of Renewal and Decay”
Stephen Lloyd-Moffett, “WeLive in a NXIVM World: New Communal Models for the New Economy”
Concurrent Session 3-C
Marquis L. Bureau, “A Reflective Critique of a Coaching Program Experience in a L'Arche Canada Community”
Thursday
18:30-19:30
Atelier
Supper
Concurrent Session 4-A
Sara Shadmi-Wortman, “The role of Intentional communities for the society around them-The case of Students villages and communities of young adults in unprivileged”
Deborah Altus, “Developmental Communalism in the Therapeutic Community Movement: Synanon and the Oxford House Model”
Concurrent Session 4-B
Panel: “Integrating Intentional Community and Culture, as a Means for Cultural Reintegration”
Chair: Aharon Ariel Lavi
Panelists: Roger Studley, Sephirah Oshkello, Deborah Fishman
Concurrent Session 4-C
Rehema White, Anne-Kathrin Schwab, Taisa Mattos, and Nara Petrovič, “Scaling Up Community Action through Collaboration with Local Authorities: A Practical Exploration of Philosophies, Policies, and Practices” (workshop)
Friday
7:30-8:30
Atelier
Breakfast
Friday
9:00-9:15
Auditorium
Morgensang
Plenary
Theme: Intentional Communities and COVID (Part One)
Cynthia Tina, “Intentional Communities and COVID”
Beatriz Martins Arruda, Rebeca Roysen, Bruna Santos Bevilacqua, “Response and Adaptation to Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazilian Ecovillages”
Concurrent Session 5-B
Plenary
Theme: Our Communal Studies Network
Panelists: Paz Elnir (Yad Tabenkin), Deborah Altus (Communal Studies Association), Shlomo Getz (Institute for Research of the Kibbutz), Taisa Mattos (Global Ecovillage Network and GEN Research Group), Cynthia Tina (Foundation for Intentional Community), Silvia Rode (Center for Communal Studies), Aharon Ariel Lavi (Hazon/Hakhel), Betsy Morris (Cohousing Research Network), Raines Cohen (CohoUS), Libby Sanders (Camphill Research Network), Beatriz Arruda (CASA Brasil Research Circle), Nara Petrovič (ECOLISE)
Concurrent Session 6-A
Panel: “The Metamorphosis of the Kibbutz”
Chair: Shlomo Getz
Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui and Michal Palgi, “Recognition, Redistribution, Representation: Women in the Kibbutz in the 21st Century”
Yuval Dror, “Kibbutz, Local, Regional, and Israeli Judaism”
Concurrent Session 6-B
Vincent Reynolds, “Creating an Inclusive Community through Nurturing Gratitude, Compassion, Responsibility, Peace and Kindness”
Concurrent Session 6-C
Anna Neima, “Community-Building in the Wake of War and Pandemic”
Annette Magid, “Shaker Inventions and their Influence on Modern Society”
Julieanna Frost, “Saint Joan Jett: Feminist Icon of the Kerista Commune”
Friday
18:30-19:30
Atelier
Supper
Concurrent Session 7-A
Silvia Anna Rode, “Urban Utopias of Perpetual Busyness: All Work, All Play”
Erella Shadmi, “Building the New World from Below: The Communes Redefining Social Change and Reflecting a Paradigm Shift”
Zachary Reyna, “Outreach, Education, and Political Engagement: Exploring How Two Intentional Communities Promote Their Visions for Social Change”
Concurrent Session 7-B
Achim Ecker and Ina Meyer-Stoll, “How the Zegg Community in Germany Evolved Since the ICSA Conference at Zegg 2001”
Friday
20:00-21:30
Vest
Saturday
7:30-8:30
Atelier
Breakfast
Saturday
9:00-9:15
Auditorium
Morgensang
Concurrent Session 8-A
Sophie Rydelius and Merlin Becskey, “Sustainable without Trying? The Case of Direct Democracy and Sharing Economy in an Egalitarian Kibbutz”
Concurrent Session 8-B
Jan Bang, “Can Ecovillages Save the World?”
Jenny Pickerill, “Co-Creating Eco-Communities in Diverse Places”
Concurrent Session 8-C
Anne-Kathrin Schwab and Roman Hausmann, “Community-Led Economic Initiatives and Their Potential for Change on a Local Scale: Empirical Case Studies from a 'Social Provisioning' Perspective”
Michal Palgi and Shlomo Getz, “The Kibbutz Identity: A Rendezvous between a Commune and a Cooperative”
Saturday
11:30-12:30
Auditorium
Recording Link
Concurrent Session 9-A
Ditlev Nissen, “The Green Marketplace” (workshop)
Saturday
12:45-13:45
Atelier
Lunch
Concurrent Session 9-A
Theme: Intentional Communities and COVID (Part Two)
Aharon Ariel Lavi, “Intentional Communities and National Resiliency in Face of COVID-19” [was moved to Friday]
Dan McKanan, “Camphill and COVID”
Open Mike Sharing of Communal COVID experiences from around the world
Concurrent Session 9-B
Panel Session: “Community Between Inclusion and Exclusion: Diversity in Kibbutzim”
Chair: Orna Shemer
Ilana Mizrahi-Naor, “Social Inclusion and Exclusion among the Oldest-Old in a Changing Communal Kibbutz”
Menachem Topel, “‘Home for Life’ in Kibbutzim”
Concurrent Session 10-B
Mitchell Jones, “Communitism's Hunt for Harmony: The Syncretic Communism of John A. Collins and the Skaneateles Community”
Concurrent Session 10-C
Lisa Mychajluk, “Learning Sustainability in the Ecovillage: A Multiple Case Study of Learning Experiences in Four North American Communities”