RECHARGE Diary
In this section you will read updated contents and news about our project and its implementation.
The Prato Textile Museum Living Lab, as part of the RECHARGE project, designed a museum e-shop based on collaboration with local artisans and young designers to promote sustainable products and crafts. After more than a year, the participatory approach consisted of four key steps:
Step 1 was a Co-Ideation Workshop, held in March 2023, to involve local communities in designing the museum's e-shop strategy.
Step 2, which ran from May to December 2023, focused on co-creating sustainable products with local artisans and designers.
Step 3 included a community workshop in February 2024, which allowed p...
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Úna Hussey from The Hunt Museum explains how the Living Lab is evolving, expanding its reach and putting to test, once again, the CSR Community Business Model Iteration
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We are pleased to announce that the Hunt Museum has entered a new chapter in its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) journey, as we embark on the second iteration of our CSR community business model. Partnering with SISK as corporate collaborator, this phase builds upon the insigh...
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RECHARGE presented an overview of the work from the past 2 years at the Italian cultural economics and management international workshop entitled Rethinking Culture and Creativity, organised by the Universities of Chieti-Pescara, Torino (department of economics), Macerata, Firenze, Catania (department of humanities), and Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (department of economics). The title of this year’s workshop was Behavioural Impact of Cultural Production, which took place 3-4 October 2024 at the University of Chieti-Pescara. RECHARGE presented at the session on Models of Participatory Governance.
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The LIVING LABS FRONTIERS conference, held from September 25-27, 2024, in Timisoara, Romania, brought together a diverse group of international innovators, public officials, corporate leaders, and academics to explore the evolving role of Living Labs in driving systemic change. Organized by the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), this flagship event was an inspiring platform for collaboration, discussion, and exchanging ideas on how to shape the future through societal engagement.
As part of the event’s "Living Labs for Business and Emerging Technologies" section, I had the opportunity to ...
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