The Roles of Social and Community Centers

The two possible solutions to preserve the cultural values for artists who simply could not endure the rent gap are to establish social centers and community centers to serve as a home for cultural activities for those who would otherwise not be able to gain access to it. Since the 1970s, a network of hundreds of occupied spaces across Italy existed. These abandoned spaces were turned into classrooms, libraries, movie theatres, housing, radio stations, stage concerts and meeting rooms that were made available to the public. Due to the success of

Social centers are a way to alter perception of things in a different way of being together. The social centers allowed the community to access these features that would otherwise not be financially able to enjoy such activities. The opening of these social centers is being taken advantage of by the youths and it has turned into cultural political habits. By starting up these community centers, it has change the subjectivity of the people in which it creates a condition for everyone to live in a sustainable neighborhood, and to have a better way of living.

Community centers on public locations help provide the members of community to gather together in one location for public information, social support, and group activities. An example of a community center in Toronto is the Habourfront Community Centre, a government-funded, non-profit organization managed by a volunteer board of local community residents. The organization has provided the community a way to preserve the precious culture that was once built by the creative class.