Gray Area, TechSoup, and the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web have teamed up to launch the Cultural Memory Lab, an incubator and microgranting program that seeks to sustain publicly accessible digital archives, empowering community-based archives, libraries, museums, and other cultural organizations to explore decentralized strategies for preserving collective memory. Cultural Memory Lab will run for four months, from March to June 2025. All project teams will meet virtually for cohort-wide check-ins at the beginning, mid-point, and end of the lab period.

The Cultural Memory Lab invites organizations from around the world to propose a project that leverages decentralized technologies to preserve stories historically excluded from archival practices. Not-for-profit-groups of up to 5 team members who are located anywhere in the world can apply.

3-5 Selected projects will receive up to $5,000 in funding, access to Gray Area’s DWeb for Creators course, and dedicated technical support from the Filecoin Foundation. A final summer showcase will give teams the opportunity to demonstrate their work to a broad audience.

Weitere Informationen gibt es unter: grayarea.org

KONTAKT:

Gray Area / Grand Theater
2665 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Mail: info(at)grayarea.org

Deadline: 02. Februar 2025