RECHARGE Diary
In this section you will read updated contents and news about our project and its implementation.
RECHARGE wants to individuate, study and develop sustainable business models for cultural institutions, and our three Living Labs - The Hunt, Museo del Tessuto di Prato and Estonian Maritime Museum - are the very first places where these models are shaped and trialled. Time to learn more about them - first off: The Hunt Museum.
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The participatory business model the Hunt Museum is working on is:
The use of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and bu...
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The first co-creation workshop held at the Living Lab of the Estonian Maritime Museum took place on Thursday 11 May at the historic Tallinn Seaplane Harbour. It saw the participation of 20 people: museum professionals, librarians and representatives of tech companies we want to involve in the project.
The event was moderated by Ragnar Siil from Creativity Lab. First, Ragnar introduced the RECHARGE project and went into details explaining the concept of our core operating system, the Living Labs. He set the stage for co-creation by discussing the currently prevailing - and rather limiting - proc...
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RECHARGE stemmed out from an urgency: understanding how business models can be developed that fit the cultural heritage sector, to help CH institutions shape their activities and plans to retain their central role for the social and cultural life of global and local communities. For that to happen, the concept of ‘business model’ needed to be understood and embraced.
As we started brainstorming, the conversations within the consortium and also with other professionals in the sector made clear how there is reluctance to use the expression ‘business models’. But why is that? All eyes are on one s...
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As we reported on this diary a few weeks ago, on March 15, The Museo del Tessuto di Prato held its very first co-creation workshop in the context of RECHARGE Living Labs.
To document the workshop, the MdT team produced a video, which we are thrilled to present as one of the outcomes the Prato Living Lab. The video offers a sneak-peak of the mythologies we are using to engage communities and stakeholders and produce something meaningful together. Moreover, and very importantly, the video allows everyone who was there to re-live the experience and is the best way, for those who couldn't be there,...
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