Who

ACROSS

The school exists across places and is shared between local rural communities, local cultural organisations and associated research initiatives.

SET UP BY

The Rural School of Economics was set up by Kathrin Böhm and Wapke Feenstra from Myvillages.

Myvillages has been connecting communities, individuals and spaces using an a-national and trans-local identifier: The Rural. Myvillages is an international artist collective founded in 2003, and is registered as an International Foundation in the Netherlands.

www.myvillages.org

COLLABORATING ORGANISATIONS

Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Noord Brabant in the Netherlands

Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Village of Lumsden, Aberdeenshire, UK
Pollinaria, Province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy
Ruruhaus, Composting Knowledge Group, Kassel, Germany

Brest Fortress Development Foundation, Belarus
World of Gusli, Pushkino, Russia


RESEARCH PARTNERS

Associated Initiatives, Research Groups and Organisations currently include:
Rural Imaginations Group, ASCA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cultural Geography Group at Wageningen University, Netherlands 
Community Economies Institute, Sydney, Australia
Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Wirtschaft, Alfter, Germany
Rural Environmental Field School, University of Colorado, Boulder, US
Cultures 4 Resilience (C4R) together with atelier d’architecture autogerée in Paris, and Casco Art Institute in Utrecht

FINANCIAL SUPPORT