[Paper] The Imaginary Crisis
As the Covid-19 crisis hopefully comes slowly under control, we ought to attend to a very different kind of crisis, and one which is scarcely visible: the deteriorating state of our shared social imagination.
[Report] Hiding in Plain Sight: Impact Investing in the Creative Economy
In October 2018, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors published Hiding in Plain Sight: Impact Investing in the Creative Economy, a new report from RPA sponsored project Upstart Co-Lab. The report is the first analysis of the tremendous potential that the creative economy…
Nesta as an innovation move for Turin, Italy
A few months back we wrote about the ongoing negotiations between Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, and the [Italian Foundation] Compagnia di San Paolo to set up a Nesta Italia in Turin. These negotiations have now finished and the results…
The power of creativity from below
Anthropologist Michael Thompson believes in the power of creativity from below in solving some of the smaller and bigger problems of our time. “People generally are very creative and innovative. Many anthropological case studies have shown that. If development happens,…
Guardian Tech Weekly podcast: creating a digital public space
Jemima Kiss examines plans for a digital public space with the British Library, the Royal Opera House and the BBC. “How can we preserve analogue culture in a digital world? Could something allow us to view, research & remix cultural…
Low2No Camp: entrepreneurial ideas to activate Low2No vision
Article by Experientia® collaborator Irene Cassarino, with additional input from Jan-Christoph Zoels. How do you create community services and business models for a carbon neutral building block before the buildings stand? Thirty Finnish entrepreneurs came together last Tuesday (20…
The enabling city
Italian social researcher Chiara Camponeschi has written a fascinating Creative-Commons licensed publication, The Enabling City: Place-Based Creative Problem-Solving and the Power of the Everyday (pdf), an innovative toolkit – also featured on a website – that showcases pioneering initiatives in…
Urban resilience
Merging complex systems science and ecology, resilience scientists have broken new ground on understanding—and preserving—natural ecosystems. Now, as more and more people move into urban hubs, they are bringing this novel science to the city. “Resilience theory, first introduced by…
Articles on Danish design research
The Danish Centre for Design Research (DCDR) is an umbrella organisation under the Danish Ministry of Culture for the design research that takes place at the Aarhus School of Architecture, The Danish Design School, Designskolen Kolding, and the Royal Danish…
A Creative Commons inspired barter market in Turin, Italy
Two articles from today’s La Stampa newspaper (translation by Mark Vanderbeeken, Experientia): Bargains without money Luca Indemni – Fabrizio Vespa “Leave your wallet at home” – that could be the slogan of the Gifts Without Money (“Regali Senza Moneta”) initiative…