A conversation with Marcela Menezes

In this series of recorded encounters we speak with the participants of Onassis AiR to shed light on their artistic practices and needs, as well as to reflect on ways of being and working together. Today, I have the chance to speak with Marcela Menezes. Marcela is a social activist from Brazil with varied experiences in social movements, in academia and in the cultural field. Since 2009, she has co-founded and taken part in several collectives that pursue alternative economic, cultural and political practices through community engagement from the perspective of solidarity economy. Marcela is a participant of The School of Infinite Rehearsals Movement VII with a collective research focus on the notion of community economies. Drawing from her own experience in community organizing, in this conversation we trace together the social roots of a solidarity economy by discussing how we build a common ground.