Editing Intentional community (section)

{{Short description|Planned, socially-cohesive, residential community}}
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[[File:Peckham Bruderhof.jpg|thumb|Members of the [[Anabaptist]] Christian [[Bruderhof Communities]] live, eat, work and worship communally.]]
[[File:Amsterdam - Young musicians - 1250.jpg|thumb|Young musicians living in a shared community in [[Amsterdam]]]]
[[File:Traditional Ashram.jpg|thumb|Traditional ashram]]
[[File:Ecovillage "Velyka Rodyna" in Troshcha 02.jpg|thumb|Ecovillage "Velyka Rodyna" in Troshcha ({{langx|uk|[[:uk:Троща (Вінницький район)|Троща]]}}).]]
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An '''intentional community''' is a voluntary residential [[community]] designed to foster a high degree of [[group cohesiveness|social cohesion]] and [[teamwork]].<ref name="communal">{{cite book|last1=Shenker |first1=Barry |title=Intentional Communities (Routledge Revivals) : Ideology and Alienation in Communal Societies |date=1986 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9780203832639 |isbn=978-0-203-83263-9 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203832639/intentional-communities-routledge-revivals-barry-shenker |access-date=20 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="pitzer">{{cite journal |last1=Pitzer |first1=D. E. |title=Developmental communalism: An alternative approach to communal studies |journal=Utopian Thought and Communal Experience |date=1989 |pages=68–76}}</ref><ref name="mecalf">{{cite book |last1=Metcalf |first1=William James |title=The Findhorn book of community living |date=2004 |publisher=Findhorn Press |location=Forres, Scotland |isbn=9781844090327}}</ref> Such communities typically promote shared values or beliefs, or pursue a common vision, which may be [[political]], [[religious]], [[Utopia|utopian]] or [[Spirituality|spiritual]], or are simply focused on the practical benefits of cooperation and mutual support. While some groups emphasise shared [[Ideology|ideologies]], others are centred on enhancing [[social connection]]s, sharing resources, and creating meaningful relationships.

Although intentional communities are sometimes described as [[alternative lifestyles]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Butcher |first1=A. A. |title=Communal Economics. |date=2002 |url=https://www.culturemagic.org/PDF/c3Communal20Economics.pdf |access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref> or [[social experiment]]s,<ref name=communal/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rubin |first1=Zach |date=31 August 2020 |title="A Not-so-silent Form of Activism": Intentional Community as Collective Action Reservoir |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0160597620951945 |journal=Humanity & Society |language=en |volume=45 |issue=4 |pages=509–532 |doi=10.1177/0160597620951945 |issn=0160-5976 |access-date=20 September 2021 |s2cid=225187879|url-access=subscription }}</ref> some see them as a natural response to the isolation and fragmentation of modern housing, offering a return to the social bonds and collaborative spirit found in traditional [[village]] life.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is Cohousing? |url=https://www.cohousing.ca/about-cohousing/what-is-cohousing/ |website=Canadian Cohousing Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201180215/https://www.cohousing.ca/about-cohousing/what-is-cohousing/ |access-date=1 February 2022|archive-date=2022-02-01 }}</ref>

[[List of intentional communities|The multitude of intentional communities]] includes [[collective]] households, [[cohousing]] communities, [[coliving]], [[ecovillage]]s, [[monasteries]], [[Retreat (survivalism)|survivalist retreats]], [[kibbutz]]im, [[Hutterites|Hutterite colonies]], [[ashram]]s, and [[housing cooperative]]s.