From Allotments to Autonomy: MIT Historian Uncovers the 'Self-Provisioning' Secret to Social Change
March 06, 2026
March 06, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Seeds of something different
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In Berlin in the early 1870s, tourists began visiting a neighborhood called Barackia. It did not have museums, palaces, or any other typical attractions. Barackia was a working-class neighborhood where people grew their own food, lived in small dwellings, and established communal arrangements outside the . . .
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Seeds of something different
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In Berlin in the early 1870s, tourists began visiting a neighborhood called Barackia. It did not have museums, palaces, or any other typical attractions. Barackia was a working-class neighborhood where people grew their own food, lived in small dwellings, and established communal arrangements outside the . . .