DIALOG CITY – A holistic approach towards a digital cultural infrastructure in European cities – 2022-2025
DIALOG CITY, which is in progress, aims at contributing to increased access to culture through a dialogical approach by developing new practices on how to connect digital innovation directly to citizens’ physical participation. Digital transformation is more of a mindset than a purely technical innovation. Hence the overall goal of this project proposal is to create a socially inclusive, environmentally friendly, and economically sustainable urban digital environment.
Impact
- Data Analysis Platform for citizens’ and artists’ digital transformation needs.
- Citizen Archive Platform for the Cultural Heritage Sector.
- FUTURE LITERACY design thinking toolkit for artists and cultural organizations.
- FUTURE LITERACY workshops in 5 countries. Check the workshops in Greece that we organized from May to September 2025:
Participatory imagination for a changing world | Dialog City x CulturePolis x 11 Modern Muses // x George Styl
• How can we rethink the present by imagining alternative futures?
• How can imagination be transformed into a tool for social and cultural change?
CulturePolis, within the framework of the European project Dialog City, is organizing two separate Futures Literacy workshops, aiming to empower citizens, artists, educators and cultural professionals to use the future as a tool for understanding, creation and action.
The concept of Futures Literacy, as developed and recognized by UNESCO, concerns the ability to imagine multiple, alternative futures and to utilize them in order to see the world with new eyes.
📍 Patras – A WORKSHOP FOR THE FUTURE • the city • the neighborhood • the self
📅 Saturday May 24 (10:00–18:00) & Sunday May 25 (10:00–14:00)
📌 Venue: 11 Modern Muses, 51 Konstantinoupoleos & Sarantaporou
🎟️ Participation: 35€
📧 Contact: 11modernmuses@gmail.com
Program:
SATURDAY 24.5.2025 | 10:00-18:00 | Walk through the city & the 11 Modern Muses space
THE CITY (3-hour Walkshop)
Starting Point (10:00) 25th March Square | Opposite the Roman Odeon of Patras
10:00-13:00, Patras Center: Walking Discussion in the center of Patras on the future of the city
13:00-13:30 at 11 Modern Muses: Break + light snack
13:30–14:15 The city that… and Closing session
THE COMMUNITY (4-hour Workshop) – Participatory design workshop
14:30-16:00 at 11 Modern Muses: Participatory design workshop on the future of the community
16:00–16:15 Break + light snack
16:15–18:00 Interactive brainstorming and Closing session
SUNDAY 25.5.2025 | 10:00-14:00 | Venue: 11 Modern Muses
THE SELF (4-hour Self-Discovery) – Self-knowledge cycle
10:00-12:50 Cultivation of the Self for the Future of the Self
12:50–13:10 Break + light snack
13:15–14:00 The Soil I Become and Closing of the Unit
🔗 Registration
To participate, fill out the form:
👉 HERE
📍 Thessaloniki – ARTificial: a future with AI
📅 Monday 29, Tuesday 30 September & Wednesday 1 October (17:00–21:00)
📌 Location: *In a central location in Thessaloniki, to be announced soon
🎟️ Participation: 35€
📧 Contact: secretariat@culturepolis.org
Workshop program: to be announced soon
⚠️ Each workshop consists of three consecutive modules. Attendance is essential for the full experience.
Through experiential activities, creative tools and a dialogic process, the workshops cultivate collective imagination, creative thinking and the ability to imagine – and build – the future landscapes we deserve.
- Three Hybrid Festivals (Mondoví/ IT, from 20-22 July 2023, in Graz/ AT from 06-08 June 2024 and Aschaffenburg/ DE, from 26 June to 5 July 2025, Montpellier/ FR from 12 to 14 June 2025) as laboratories for transformation.
- An ART FOR PUBLIC residency programme in each of the Festivals.
Funding programme: € 90.084 Creative Europe Programme of the EU with 70% funding.
Website: https://dialogcity.eu/
Download:
Report and Interviews with Citizens and Stakeholders
Report and Interviews with Artists
List of Skills and Competencies for the Aristic Fields Report