Democratizing Money - Chiemgauer Community Currency as a collective designed money

EasyChair Preprint 1384

Abstract

How can the institutional design of money may be employed to strengthen self-determination, social cohesion and sustainability?

Starting point is the example of the Chiemgauer that is located in the southeast of Germany between Munich and Salzburg. The Chiemgauer currency has begun as a school project in 2002 with six female students who wanted to experience an alternative form of money in a students projekt.

Keyphrases: Chiemgauer, Complementary currency, Free money, Silvio Gesell, collective design, community currency, democratic process, local currency, non-profit organization, parallel currencies, social innovation

@booklet{EasyChair:1384,
  author    = {Christian Gelleri},
  title     = {Democratizing Money - Chiemgauer Community Currency as a collective designed money},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 1384},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2019}}