Our Connected Action for the Commons hub Platoniq (Spain) has visited our other hub, Oberliht (Moldova) in October 2015. You can read Platoniq's account of this exchange.
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Featured People: Vladimir Us
Vladimir Us is an artist and curator working with Oberliht, one of the Connected Action for the Commons hubs. In this interview filmed during the Idea Camp 2015 at the end of September, Vladimir talks about the specific Moldovan context in which Oberliht works and the notion of commonality and public space as seen as part of a democratic structure.
Read MoreBuild the City: perspectives on commons and culture
Published in the frame of ECF's Idea Camp 2015, Build the City: perspectives on commons and culture rediscovers, reframes and reconsiders previously published historical, artistic, participatory and theoretical perspectives on the subject by a wide variety of authors from different geographical and professional backgrounds.
Read More50 participants selected for ECF's 2015 Idea Camp
ECF is delighted to announce the 50 Idea Makers who have been selected to attend this year’s Idea Camp in Botkyrka, Sweden from 23 to 25 September 2015. Over three days the Idea Makers will share and discuss their ideas, work together to refine their proposals, and hear from inspirational speakers.
Read MoreMeet the 25 R&D Grantees and their ideas
Following up on the first ECF Idea Camp that took place in Marseille in October 2014, the 50 participants – the Idea Makers - were invited to further develop their ideas on engaging people in re-defining and shaping public space and submit a proposal for a Research and Development (R&D) Grant. We have now published short descriptions of the 25 proposals that have been awarded an R&D grant of up to 10.000 EUR each.
Read MoreThe Value of Upscaling Local Practice and Knowledge
The first six partner organisations of ECF’s new initiative called the Networked Programme came together in Amsterdam from Croatia, France, Moldova, Poland, Spain and Sweden in May 2014. The partners of the Networked Programme are working on establishing and advocating for a new set of democratic best practices in Europe for cultural organisations to engage with communities and culture.
Read MoreCulture WITH People, Not Just FOR People!
Inspired by the 2014 ECF Princess Margriet Award Laureates Teatro Valle Occupato and Teodor Celakosi, Agnieszka Wiśniewska reflects on the purpose of culture and the meaning of public space. She also discusses what we should expect from cultural institutions and initiatives, voicing the need for culture to be "made in touch with people, in collaboration with them, together; accessible to as many as possible."
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