ABSTRACT
In this chapter Jenny Cameron and Isaac Lyne adopt a community economies approach to reflect on the already existing post-capitalist economies evident in three development projects in the Asia-Pacific region. The authors trace the action research methods used by community economies scholars to work with community-based partners helping to make post-capitalist activities more visible, and then to devise ways and means to build on and strengthen these activities. Cameron and Lyne focus on the way the three projects are attentive to local conditions and to local values and aspirations. The economic development pathways that result from a community economies approach emphasize the interconnections and interdependencies between people and between people and environments. Implications for policy and practice involve recognition of the importance of attentive listening, relationship building and time. The implications for pedagogy involve deepening economic literacy, developing skills that are vital for working with others and developing a capacity for openness and to be affected by others.
