Design Networking. Local systems of collaborative economies

The “La Res - Social Economy Network” project on confiscated mafia assets in the lands of Don Peppe Diana - a vast area in the province of Caserta - has re-thought local development in the agribusiness, social and communication tourism supply chains, thanks to the commitment and hard work of people who have been working to define new rules to set up a local network of economic and social relationships. The social practice of collaboration including both for- and not-for-profit production sectors rests on solidarity and on good practices, and is documented through projects closely related to the places where they have been carried out. The present paper presents the state of the art, is based on an intense past and goes through the phases of the design networking process, encloses the ideas and future perspectives inspired by a bottom-up development model that helps communicate the territory through a collective tale.