A fun fact about NYC is that it’s home to several villages that have existed for decades & are deeply revered in NYC’s cultural history!
Some of the many official / Municipal recognized villages throughout NYC include Greenwich Village & The East Village of Manhattan; Concourse Village in the Bronx (Which also has Councourse Village Elementry School for children); Queens Village in Queens; Remsen Village & Clinton Hill Village in Brooklyn; Heartland Village in Staten Island.
There's also many other major cities around the world that have official villages! Major cities like Montemarte Village in Paris, and Wimbeldon Village in London.
A village in a city?
What makes a Village a “Village”?
There's many different definitions of what a village is. There's cliche definitions of what a village is, official government recognized villages like some of the ones listed above in NYC, and many abstract villages around the world - like Village Underground in Lisbon, an experiential mixed use venue offering events, coworking & entertainment to their community, or Japan Village in Brooklyn.
We like the Webster Merriam Dictionary Definition of a village which incorporates a range of definitions from specific to suggestive/abstract.
For the purposes of this community & event series, we’re defining a digital nomad simply: someone who slow travels while working remotely.
Digital nomadism as we see it is something that is also experienced differently across a spectrum of incomes, accommodation types & duration.
In most industry circles, a month of slow travel while working remotely is often considered a minimum amount of time to truly get a real digital nomad experience.
Whats a digital Nomad?
What makes a digital nomad village?
There's a few popular definitions of what makes a digital nomad:
Via Sifted.eu: It's a loosely organized community of nomads that centers around coworking spaces & coliving apartments, with a central social media group to plan communal activities & events.
Via Deskless Nomad: Digital nomad villages are locations where digital nomads and remote workers from all over the world come together to live and work in a community of like-minded individuals.
The 1st digital nomad village was launched in 2021 in Portugal.
Why have a Nomad Village in NYC? And what’s the origin story?
With the largest population of digital nomads globally hailing from the USA, educating Americans on how to be a better, more responsible digital nomad abroad with an understanding of the work, sustainability & impact issues of growing importance globally should start at home.
Hosting it during NYC's Tech Week is a not only a fun way to do it - it's also an opportunity to highlight the digital nomad movement & responsible digital nomading to thousands of brands & people in tech who have registered for NYC Tech Week.
NYC Nomad Village originated as a 2-day pop-up IRL & URL experiential event for the inaugural NYC Tech Week Event in October 2022. It’s evolved for 2023 into a year of programming!
The NYC Nomad Village is organized by Adventurely & was conceived by it’s Founder, Mita Carriman, a native New Yorker, dual citizen of the US & Grenada, & 6 year+ digital nomad.
At Adventurely our mission is to connect digital nomads to each other & to their new local communities with thoughtfulness around sustainability & local impact via our ecosystem of services & products. We are proudly backed by Google For Startups & Backstage Capital.
If you’re interested in experiencing the digital nomad lifestyle with a group of like-minded remote workers, join an Adventurely 1-Month “Welcome meetup” in Mexico City, Playa Del Carmen or Oaxaca Mexico. Sign up at adventurely.app/welcomemeetups
Adventurely donates 5% of proceeds from Welcome Meetups to local charities in the destinations we organize them in.
Who organized this?