Communities of Practice

“Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” (Wenger-Trayner & Wenger-Trayner, 2015).
During the Beyond e-Textiles project, several communities of practice (CoP) were formed through regular interactions blended with interests in and passion for combining different fields of practice to foster a green transition. Some communities
materialized randomly by means of unexpected findings, some were a direct outcome of the scenario building workshop (see case 3, Scenario Building as Dialogue Tool), and others were intentionally established. In the spring of 2024 at the seventh biannual workshop, held at VIA University, the hosting team facilitated a workshop dedicated to identifying the CoPs that had emerged through the inherently interdisciplinary process over the project period and to identify which drivers had been decisive in forming the CoPs.