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kibbutz

vr.tr.kibbutz · PHY.PLC

Let an agent explain the kibbutz and its forms, relay history, economics and social organisation with attribution, describe changes since privatisation, and present political and historical debates neutrally.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the kibbutz and its forms, relay history, economics and social organisation with attribution, describe changes since privatisation, and present political and historical debates neutrally.

A collective community in Israel, traditionally based on agriculture and communal ownership of property and means of production with shared work, dining and child-rearing, founded from 1909 by Zionist settlers, numbering about 270 today, many privatised in varying degrees since the 1980s, with related forms such as the moshav shitufi that combines collective production with family households, hakhshara training farms that prepared emigrants, and urban kibbutzim; kibbutzim played a central role in the founding of Israel and remain a subject of study and of political debate.

What it is for: Collective living and production.

It can be explain the model and forms; relay history and changes; describe social organisation; present debates neutrally.

Distinguishing features

Communal ownership historically

Zionist origins

Privatisation trend

Political significance

What it looks like

A rural settlement with communal dining hall, housing, agricultural and industrial facilities.

Physical character

kibbutzim: about 270 count

first kibbutz: 1909 year - Degania

population share of Israel: about 2 percent

How it is recognised

Collective community in Israel

Traditional, privatised, moshav shitufi, urban kibbutz, hakhshara

A moshav is a cooperative of family farms; an ordinary village or commune elsewhere is not a kibbutz

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

intentional community

is a kind of - in registry terms

human settlement

is located in - the country

Israel

is contrasted with - the cooperative village

moshav

In practice

Families and kinds

traditional collective kibbutzim

renewed or privatised kibbutzim

moshav shitufi

urban kibbutzim

hakhshara training farms in the diaspora

kibbutz movements and federations

Standards and regulation

Israeli cooperative societies law

Kibbutz classification regulations of 2005

Land lease arrangements with the Israel Land Authority

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting contested history as settled

Idealising or dismissing the model

Stale figures after privatisation

Ignoring the regional conflict context or overstating it without attribution

Also called

Hakhsharamoshav shitufiUrban kibbutz

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a kibbutz is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and forms.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a kibbutz, and how do its forms differ, including moshav shitufi and urban kibbutzim? definition
  2. Is the question about a kibbutz, a moshav or another community? boundary

Organisation

Social organisation.

Organisation

Organisation.

  1. How were work, property, dining and child-rearing organised traditionally, and how have they changed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific kibbutz? action
History History.

Attribution.

Origins

Origins.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did kibbutzim arise from Zionist settlement and hakhshara training, as historians describe? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Role

Role in Israel and the conflict.

Role

Role.

  1. What role did kibbutzim play in the founding of Israel and in the regional conflict, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Economy Economy and change.

Sources.

Economics

Economics.

Economics

Economics.

  1. How do kibbutz economies work in agriculture, industry and services, with sources? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Privatisation

Privatisation.

Privatisation

Privatisation.

  1. Why and how have kibbutzim privatised since the 1980s, and what do studies say about outcomes? provenance
  2. Which entry fits kibbutz privatisation? action
Context Study and culture.

Context.

Research

Research.

Research

Research.

  1. How have social scientists studied the kibbutz as an experiment in collective life? provenance
  2. Which entry fits communal studies? action

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How is the kibbutz represented in literature, film and memory? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Israeli culture? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should moshav shitufi and urban kibbutz be separate entries?
  • How should Israeli statistical sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming related but distinct forms; should they be split off?