Collective Intelligences Artistic Research Weekend

This workshop weekend will explore creative approaches and practices of collective intelligence for a more sustainable future. The United Nations has been looking at a diverse range of practices under the label of collective intelligence in order to speed the pace of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. According to researchers working with Nesta and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Accelerator Labs, “at its simplest, collective intelligence can be understood as the enhanced capacity that is created when people work together, often with the help of technology, to mobilize a wider range of information, ideas and insights.” What if together we can bring in under-explored practices and approaches to create new concepts and forms of the collective intelligence we need in these times of accelerating climate crises, data centers, and AI? What can embodied, sensory, spatial, relational, and felt intelligences help us see when it comes to connections between human, nature, artificial and more-than-human intelligence? Leading from a place of care and value for other beings, human and non-human, participants will have a chance to share their own practices and learn from others as we explore creative and critical ways of relating, connecting, and coexisting. This will be a space of exchanging knowledge, collective sharing, agency, and creation to explore how culture can drive climate and social transformation (with free nibbles, coffee, and tea provided) Where? The Cube — Across from the Bailey Allen Hall in the Áras na Mac Leinn building on the University of Galway campus (the venue is wheelchair accessible) When? 13:00-17:00 on Friday November 13th and 11:00-15:00 on Saturday November 14th. Who is this for? Artists, creatives, researchers and academics, cultural workers, community members, and anyone interested to explore innovative approaches to creativity and sustainability. This workshop weekend is a part of the creative case studies of the PACESETTERS Project, funded by Horizon Europe, Research and Innovation Action, in order to test innovative ideas exploring the potential of arts and culture, creativity and heritage to not only adapt to but drive the climate transition.