Intentional Communities

Some suggestions for navigating transparency and discretion in conflict in intentional communities.

What makes communes and their advances so important? To explain their significance, one has to appeal to something that is not immediately visible: social relations and especially relations of production.

In this memoir, Elayne Archer describes daily life in the commune, its challenges, and its rewards. The memories of several commune participants, including three of the children, enrich the memoir and make it a vivid description of the time and of an alternative approach to living and raising children.

A suggested structure to address when members need help with meeting basic needs, but find it awkward to ask for it.

Description of a process for addressing situations when members fail to keep community agreements.

Three personality traits that make it difficult for people to live and work in community with each other.