An overview of the selected case studies
| Study area | Community size | Data sources | Study duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Oaks, USA | Ca. 100 members | Anthropological fieldwork including participant observation and semi-structured and in-depth interviews with 20 members | November 2015–January 2017, and May 2022 |
| Bøl Bergen Eco-Village, Osterøy, Norway | 39 units in planning | Semi-structured interviews | June 2022 |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | Ca. 100 community activists involved in the community projects | Two weeks of ethnographic fieldwork with participant observation, semi-structured and in-depth interviews with three key informants | August 2022 |
| Nowa Huta, Poland | Currently maximum a hundred living first, eldest gardeners, I spoke to a few dozen of them; under socialism a community of a few thousand gardeners in Nowa Huta | 12-month ethnographic fieldwork: epistemic partnership, participant observation and in-depth interviews | April–September 2022 and May–October 2023, sporadically summer 2024 |