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Citizen Archive Platform (CAP)

The CITIZEN ARCHIVE PLATFORM (CAP) aims to submit all kinds of data-based objects such as images, video, audio files and texts. They will be stored by museums and archives and then integrated in a professional non-profit archival system. As an innovative digital toolset is directly related to citizens’ participation.

To date, citizens, artists and citizen movements have no chance to archive their personal data without the big data companies. The local museums and archives involved in this project will empower them and will then build up the basic and secured infrastructure in cooperation with the participants to overcome this fault.

This new infrastructure for our citizens is also crucial, when it comes to new forms of contemporary collecting. The greatest challenge – also in view of the ‘participatory turn’ in archiving and museum collecting – is therefore the development of a scalable, flexible and easy-to-use collaborative tool that enables private individuals to submit records into archival, libraries and/or museums. To follow this idea, we developed and distributed a public digital platform for all people in the cities of the project partners to submit born digitals, hybrid and (digitized) analogue objects. The process of curation by the liable institution (appraisal) is important to make the suggested data hand able for the collecting institutions.

Of course the submitted data will be secured under national archival law and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – all data processing (CAP, digital archive/repositories, archive/museum information systems etc.) will run on top data security systems.

You can visit the CAP-Website here

Futures Literacy Toolkit

Intro

The future is not predictable! Unfortunately… or rather, fortunately. Because otherwise, the world would be very boring. Who enjoys going to the cinema after a spoiler alert?

What is Futures Literacy?

Futures Literacy is the capacity to imagine and understand multiple possible futures in order to make better decisions today. Recognized by UNESCO as a key skill for the 21st century, it empowers individuals and communities to challenge assumptions, reveal blind spots, and explore alternative paths. Rather than attempting to predict the future, Futures Literacy focuses on anticipation as a tool for reflection, creativity, and transformation

It encourages a shift from reactive thinking to proactive imagination, making it especially relevant for artists and cultural practitioners who are already engaged in envisioning new realities.

Imag(in)ing Living was a five-week online workshop series (Jan 9–Feb 8, 2025), exploring the imagination and shape of the future of “living” through visual literacy tools, storytelling, and critical reflection.

The workshop brought together 25 artists from 9 countries (Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Colombia, Serbia, and Romania).

It was organized by three partner organisations within the DIALOG CITY consortium, namely two Vocational Training Centres from Italy (CFPCEMON and CIAC) and a Civil Society Organisation from Greece (CulturePolis).

Academic coordination was led by Dr. Vicky Karaiskou, Associate Professor at the Open University of Cyprus & UNESCO Chair Holder in “Visual Anticipation and Futures Literacy towards Visual Literacy”.

As a result, our toolkit is now downloadable and free to use.

© 2024 by Dr. Vicky Karaiskou licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0