Land-Grant Universities as Collaborators in a Community Arts and Culture Trade Cooperative

Abstract

This paper investigates the creation and mission of land-grant universities, their responsibilities for community engagement and how it is defined and measured, and their connection to their community’s arts and culture sector. It explores whether or not models of barter or alternate currency are in use within any land-grant universities currently; laws and policies related to land-grant universities’ ability to participate in a barter, trade, or alternate currency system; alternate/green currency models or barter/trade networks currently or previously in use; and barter/trade network models specific to the arts and culture sector. The author examines and ultimately proposes a pilot model for a co-created and co-managed land-grant university and local arts community trade cooperative.