Aimée Wattimurij
The Sharing Recipe
This project explores one of the current forms of sharing: the contemporary sharing economy. This is an economic model in which consumers temporarily give or get access to under-utilized physical objects from strangers, possibly for money and mostly facilitated by digital platforms. The sharing economy has economic, environmental, practical and social benefits, such as: enhance choice and convenience, meet new people, boost community, build trust, increase social capital and lower carbon footprints.
However, these benefits are (often) not the first arguments for sharing nor the aspects that receive the most attention in this model. The most important aspect is largely financial: saving money and earning money. The social impact is subordinated and even missing in many forms of the sharing economy. Whereas it presents itself as a social economic model, it is maintaining social problems like individualism and social isolation. I ask: How can we disrupt social isolation and individualism in the contemporary sharing economy? With sub questions like: How to include a social or human aspect or interaction into the contemporary sharing economy? Who is being excluded or what are the exclusionary potentials? How can we bring (back) the awareness of social value and contribution?
While comparing the large scale models with local sharing initiatives you find a big contrast that is mostly created by difference in the experiences. By testing, talking and listening I have been shown, have been experiencing and became aware of the power of both our environment and the act of sharing, which I would like to share with you and bring to your awareness through the SHARING RECIPE; a to-be-shared manual that explains what INGREDIENTS can be used to create a sharing-friendly environment, in which we make space for each other, for each others skilss, knowledge and goods or for sharing experiences, like ‘the COURSE to share’, for example.
‘The COURSE to share’ is a set of questions that can be attached to game elements, walls, objects, etc. Anything you like. They will support you and your fellows in starting a conversation with each other about the experiences and the relation you have within sharing. Opening yourself up to get to know each other, each other’s thoughts and perspectives.
The SHARING RECIPE consists out of the cover box, the SHARING RECIPE zine with on the front the recipe and its INGREDIENTS, on the back the inspiring journey of sharing in the SHARING MAP and separately the game tool that is part of the SHARING COURSE. All of it in a A6-travel-format, while being spread by its readers, gamers and sharers. For more information about my research listen to the podcast on the right or take a look in my process.
SPECIAL THANKS TO
SWAPSHOP
GroenGoed
Doe-het-zelf werkplaats
And everyone that was being part of the sharing journey
Aimée Wattimurij
The Sharing Recipe
This project explores one of the current forms of sharing: the contemporary sharing economy. This is an economic model in which consumers temporarily give or get access to under-utilized physical objects from strangers, possibly for money and mostly facilitated by digital platforms. The sharing economy has economic, environmental, practical and social benefits, such as: enhance choice and convenience, meet new people, boost community, build trust, increase social capital and lower carbon footprints.
However, these benefits are (often) not the first arguments for sharing nor the aspects that receive the most attention in this model. The most important aspect is largely financial: saving money and earning money. The social impact is subordinated and even missing in many forms of the sharing economy. Whereas it presents itself as a social economic model, it is maintaining social problems like individualism and social isolation. I ask: How can we disrupt social isolation and individualism in the contemporary sharing economy? With sub questions like: How to include a social or human aspect or interaction into the contemporary sharing economy? Who is being excluded or what are the exclusionary potentials? How can we bring (back) the awareness of social value and contribution?
While comparing the large scale models with local sharing initiatives you find a big contrast that is mostly created by difference in the experiences. By testing, talking and listening I have been shown, have been experiencing and became aware of the power of both our environment and the act of sharing, which I would like to share with you and bring to your awareness through the SHARING RECIPE; a to-be-shared manual that explains what INGREDIENTS can be used to create a sharing-friendly environment, in which we make space for each other, for each others skilss, knowledge and goods or for sharing experiences, like ‘the COURSE to share’, for example.
‘The COURSE to share’ is a set of questions that can be attached to game elements, walls, objects, etc. Anything you like. They will support you and your fellows in starting a conversation with each other about the experiences and the relation you have within sharing. Opening yourself up to get to know each other, each other’s thoughts and perspectives.
The SHARING RECIPE consists out of the cover box, the SHARING RECIPE zine with on the front the recipe and its INGREDIENTS, on the back the inspiring journey of sharing in the SHARING MAP and separately the game tool that is part of the SHARING COURSE. All of it in a A6-travel-format, while being spread by its readers, gamers and sharers. For more information about my research listen to the podcast on the right or take a look in my process.
SPECIAL THANKS TO
SWAPSHOP
GroenGoed
Doe-het-zelf werkplaats
And everyone that was being part of the sharing journey
