Resources
BSR Cultural Pearls Guidebook
This guidebook serves as an introduction for local and regional authorities who want to strengthen and empower their communities. We believe that strong, capable and engaged communities can create liveable, well-managed cities prepared for the future. They ensure better lives for their inhabitants, allow for better decision-making, and ultimately create resilient societies able to withstand…
Protopia – Leaning towards a better Future
This memo summarizes the main content of the input from sociologist and urban activist Joanna Erbel. It presents the idea of Protopia – a way of building resilience via cooperation, the democratization of processes and a focus on local resources.
Culture and Diversity for Social Resilience
This memo summarizes the main content of the input from urban researcher and place maker Magdalena Kubecka. It places the focus on diversity in an urban context and the concept of placemaking, a participatory way of reinventing public spaces.
Social Resilience and the Impact of Culture
This memo summarizes the content of the input from urban activist and producer Jaakko Bloomberg. It mainly consists of 10 key points on the question of how to get citizens involved in culture related work that contributes to social cohesion. You can also find Jaakko‘s broad understanding of culture and some examples of his work…
Citizen Engagement and Community Solidarity
This memo summarizes the main content of the input from Marie Feddersen (Varde Municipality) and Lelde Abele (Vidzeme Planning Region), both project partners of the BSR Cultural Pearls Project. Marie’s contribution concentrates on the value of voluntary work for both communities and individuals. She illustrates this with two examples: the „Sommerlandslauget“ project and the DOX…
