The New Social: Introduction

Introduction

'The New Social. Hybrid Strategies for Cultural Spaces'

'The New Social. Hybrid Strategies for Cultural Spaces' is a collaborative project by Framer Framed, Hackers and Designers, and IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture], aimed at exploring hybrid strategies for cultural spaces. The project partners brought together various additional collaborating institutes to delve into the main themes of sustainability, accessibility, and technological independence in the management and storage of published material. One of the key goals of the project is to develop effective strategies and tools that can meet the needs of these themes, while also promoting innovation and creative thinking in the field. The collaborative project was part of Innovatielabs, made possible by the Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie.

As part of the 'The New Social. Hybrid Strategies for Cultural Spaces' IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture], Framer Framed and Hackers and Designers have developed a toolkit that we hope will help others that want to use hybrid formats strategies for cultural programs. Our hope is to offer a mix of tools, strategies, and insights that are flexible enough to be adapted to future hybrid situations. Each partner institution has contributed case studies from past experiments, events, and tools.

How to use the toolkit

The toolkit is structured around a set of ten guiding principles that can assist in successfully using online spaces for participatory events and hybrid publishing. Each principle is connected to events we used in which these principles where developed, tested and improved.

← On the left-hand side you will find the case studies have been grouped according to sets of principles. These principles are lessons that have been distilled from the experiments and tools presented in the toolkit.

↓ You can also scroll through the alphabetical list of case studies in this central column.

→ Or, use the menu on the right where you will find a pop-out list with an overview of all the case studies.