Descripción del proyecto
Arrojar luz sobre las cooperativas de construcción en Europa
Tras la Primera Guerra Mundial, las ciudades europeas asistieron a un auge de las cooperativas de productores en el sector de la construcción. Conocidas como gremios de la construcción, estas cooperativas surgieron con la misión de democratizar la vivienda urbana y la industria de la construcción. Sin embargo, a pesar de su rápido crecimiento y éxito inicial, cayeron en el olvido. Con el apoyo de las Acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, el equipo del proyecto ECODEM revisará este movimiento transnacional. Centrándose en Gran Bretaña y Alemania, el equipo de ECODEM pretende desvelar las medidas de democratización, explorar su visión urbana, sondear la aceptación de la racionalización por parte de los empleados y comprender los factores de éxito y fracaso en diversos entornos nacionales. Esta iniciativa remodelará la narrativa de la historia laboral y urbana y suscitará conversaciones sobre el futuro del trabajo y la vivienda urbana.
Objetivo
In the aftermath of the First World War, European cities witnessed a massive expansion of producer cooperatives in the building sector. Drawing on ideas for industrial reform that were shared widely across borders, these producer cooperatives, or building guilds, aimed to not only improve urban housing, but also democratize the construction industries and society more broadly. Local cooperatives quickly merged into national associations that promoted distinct models of collective decision-making and shared ownership. By the early 1920s, pan-European federations had started to distribute information and organize exchange between construction cooperatives that stretched the entire continent. Despite their rapid growth and initial success, however, the construction cooperatives of interwar Europe have been virtually forgotten. ECODEM offers the first comprehensive historical analysis of this transnational movement. Focusing on England, Germany, and Spain, the action has the following four objectives. First, it will reveal the democratization measures that were implemented to improve participation on the shop floor, at the work site, and in management. Second, it will show what urban vision this trade union movement formulated, and how this vision compares with the urban vision of architect, planners, and municipal officials, which have received far more attention in scholarship. Third, ECODEM will investigate under what conditions employees accepted measures aiming at rationalization, even if those measures had negative consequences for labor. And fourth, it will analyze the factors that determined success and failure of construction cooperatives in distinct national settings. By studying a forgotten yet highly popular trade union movement, ECODEM not only advances scholarship in Labor and Urban History as well as the interdisciplinary scholarship on economic democracy, but it also contributes to debates in the wider public about the future of work and urban housing.
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinador
10623 Berlin
Alemania