Peripheries. Playgrounds of Society

Abstract

Peripheries are playgrounds of society be­cause they offer an opportunity for self-real­ization while designing and exploring some­thing new. Thus, peripheries become places of social innovation, especially for people who are willing to take risks and try some­thing new, even if they are ridiculed for it at first.
They may assign less value to getting recog­nized by the social mainstream. Peripheries therefore offer niches to try out other ways of life and go off the beaten path, particu­larly when there is a need for real change.