Toolkit of Care (TOC)

 

Project no.: CA21102
Project website: https://toolkitof.care/

Project description:

The Covid-19 pandemic has further exacerbated existent inequalities worldwide. The cultural sector, which is very often described as precarious work, is one of the worst hit. It is, then, especially relevant and timely to form critical networks of care within the creative industry of support communities.
The Action’s network will collaborate to share their collective expertise and technical knowledge employed in creative ways to develop knowledge and methodologies of care. The main aim is to produce a well formulated and integrated TOOLKIT OF CARE and comprising articles, audiovisual documentation, technical manuals, theoretical analysis, prototypes, and data. It will act as a model of how to successfully share knowledge and expertise across different geographical regions and social groups.
An interdisciplinary group of creative practitioners, academics, researchers and arts/crafts organisations that specialise in creative technologies and that have considerable experience in the production and dissemination of this kind of knowledge across Europe and internationally, have come together to form a “critical network of care”. The Action’s network will collaborate to share their collective expertise and technical knowledge employed in creative ways to develop knowledge and methodologies of care. The main aim is to produce a well formulated and integrated TOOLKIT OF CARE and comprising articles, prototypes, audiovisual documentation, technical manuals, theoretical analysis, prototypes, and data. It will act as a model of how to successfully share knowledge and expertise across different geographical regions and social groups.

Project funding:

COST actions

Period of project implementation: 2022-10-31 - 2026-10-30

Project partners: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Moldova, North Macedonia, Norway, Spain, Turkey, France, Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Sweden

Head:
Raminta Pučėtaitė

Duration:
2022 - 2026

Department:
Academic Centre of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities