Every year until 2028, Reset! will focus on thematic issues that will be explored through a range of activities, be they in-person events, live podcasts, members working groups, or editorial features. For this purpose, the network is strengthening and extending its editorial effort.
In this framework, Reset! will run an editorial exploration through 10 articles per year. This editorial format extends the work carried out by its members during the first three years of Reset!’s existence (2022-2025), and deepens the network’s weekly publications.
Reset! Yearly Focus 2026: Digital Independence
This Focus explores how independent cultural organisations can drive ethical digital transformation. As tech giants dominate the digital space, cultural and media sectors must find alternatives that uphold creativity, diversity, and integrity. This series will offer a roadmap for cultural organisations to fully leverage digital tools—like infrastructure, AI, and data management—while avoiding homogenisation and monopolisation.
Focusing on ethical digital practices, open-source solutions, and community-driven platforms, the series will showcase strategies/case studies for fostering human-centered digital practices. It will explore how cultural organisations can resist the dominance of algorithms, protect linguistic diversity, and enhance inclusive, sustainable digital ecosystems.
By embracing these alternatives, the cultural and creative sectors can shape the future of technology, ensuring that digital transformation won’t compromise their core values.
Discover the articles:
Abandoning The Unsustainable Cloud
by Davide Bevilacqua
“You can't fake an entire life": Collective Memory and the Future of Verified Reality
by Matéo Vigné
Fanzines to Connecte: A Pre-Internet Net In Italy and Beyond
by Matilde Moro
Resisting Platform Homogenisation: What Cosmos Carl Taught Us About Art, Archiving, and Data Parasitism
by Jamie Boone
What Digital Independence Means in Small Music Markets
by Odhran O’Brien
The Independence of Interdependence: Imagining A Public Interest Tech Stack
By Sabrina Faramarzi
2025 Yearly Focus: Reclaiming Spaces
In today's fragmented world, we, independent cultural organisations, serve as centres for community, creativity, and dialogue. With this Focus, we will explore the significant role of cultural engagement to reclaim spaces, both concrete and abstract, online and offline, and its impact on the cultural and media scene.
How participation in cultural and media activities—from grassroots arts projects to community-led events—can improve the quality of life for people of all ages and make our common spaces more balanced and open? These organisations promote social cohesion, respect for diverse backgrounds, and meaningful connections between cultural community members and citizens
Through expert insights, case studies, and portraits, this series will shed light on grassroots organisations and how their contributions and activities can empower individuals, unite communities, and enrich our shared cultural and media landscape, as well as inspiring a movement towards greater participation in culture and media for all.
Discover the articles:
Return to Sender. Lessons in Cultural Participation from Europe’s Independent Broadcasters
by Julian Brimmers
Cultural Participation: A Connection Between Audiences, Performers, and Professionals
by Laura Rosierse
A Community Radio Against Urban Individualism in the 10th Arrondissement of Paris
by Charlotte Guichard, Victor Tomasi, Colombe Brissonnet, Louis Reine, Paul Diacquenod, Manon Rouquette, Jérémy Berloty, and Julien Chil Hagopian
Cultural Rights for Youth: Agency, Spaces, and Citizenship in Spain
by Marushka Vidovic and Aileen Morrissey
Cooperation over Commerce
by Amar Patel
Scomodo: from the Community for the Community
by Matilde Moro
Ongoing Budget Negotiations Set Berlin's Cultural Space to Shrink
by Josephine Böllhoff
PAS Berlin: A Community of Character
by Jamie Noone
Safe Spaces in Media: Reclaiming Women Voices in Belgium
by Salwa Boujour
QRAVO: Our Body Is Political, Our Dance Is Community Resistance
by Qravo Coletivo
Vandelay Radio: Reclaiming an Unsustainable Radio Space
by Dare Balogun
