{"id":25,"date":"2025-06-05T08:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/?post_type=project&#038;p=25"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:24:45","slug":"civic-protocol-economies-exploring-the-intersection-of-community-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/projects\/civic-protocol-economies-exploring-the-intersection-of-community-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic Protocol Economies: Exploring the Intersection of Community and Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"project__slider wp-block-slider swiper \">\n  <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns project__lead is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column project__introduction is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6666%\">\n<p><strong>In an era of rapid technological advancement and growing concerns about economic equity and sustainability, two promising approaches offer alternative visions for our economic future: the civic economy and the protocol economy. What happens when the civic economy meets the protocol economy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column project__meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.3333%\"><div class=\"wp-block-meta\" style=\"\">\n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <h5>Date published<\/h5>\n          <p>5 June 2025<\/p>\n        <\/li>\n              <li>\n          <h5>Type<\/h5>\n          <p>Report<\/p>\n        <\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, the Civic Interaction Design research group, in collaboration with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hva.nl\/samenwerken\/centres-of-expertise\/economic-transformation\">Centre of Expertise Economic Transformation (CET)<\/a>, organized a research residency titled \u201cWhat happens when the Civic Economy meets the Protocol Economy?\u201d This initiative, led by researcher, curator, and technology strategist Iskander Smit, aimed to explore how these two significant economic and technological developments might complement and strengthen each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/model-CPE-May-2025-1024x779.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" style=\"width:465px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/model-CPE-May-2025-1024x779.png 1024w, https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/model-CPE-May-2025-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/model-CPE-May-2025-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/model-CPE-May-2025.png 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This report presents the findings of this exploratory research. It examines how communities pursuing non-profit, democratically governed economic models might responsibly leverage the potential of digital platforms and Web3 technologies. Our research contributes vital insights into this emerging intersection in a field where blueprints, guidelines, and exemplary prototypes remain scarce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complete \u201cCivic Protocol Economies\u201d report (PDF, 42 pages) is available here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/civicinteractiondesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Civic-Protocol-Economies_report-250514.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:100px\">Download report here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information about this research or to discuss potential collaborations, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/civicinteractiondesign.com\/people\/iskander-smit\/\">Iskander Smit<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/civicinteractiondesign.com\/people\/martijn-de-waal\/\">Martijn de Waal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This research was conducted as part of the ongoing work of the Civic Interaction Design research group at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-25","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content_type-professional-output"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/25\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civicixdproject.com\/civicprotocoleconomies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}