ToT/h\em is a supra-local network of ten Flemish site-specific cultural players. Together, they are working on a three-year learning trajectory on the topic: the role of the arts in urban transformation.

The focus is on knowledge development and expertise exchange between various pioneers and grassroot initiatives. The common denominator between each of them is leaving, betting on experimentation, learning and connecting. Through this network, the focus is on local knowledge and strategies to achieve sustainability within an urban diverse context. So that such initiatives can become permanent cultural presences in the urban landscape.

ToT/them refers to the word ‘totem’, which in turn comes from the Algonquin word ‘odoodem’, and means ‘kinship within a group’. This also contains the English ‘to them’. After all, the aim is for the result to also be made public to the outside world, so that others can also reap the benefits of this collaboration. 

 

 

Partners:

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Bolwerk, Kortrijk

LZSB, Kortrijk

Toestand, Brussels

Cultureghem, Brussels

de Koer, Ghent

Chinastraat, Ghent

StormKop, Antwerp

Stuyverij, Kortrijk

Archipel - RoofToptiger, Antwerp

Blikfabriek, Hoboken

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Process supervisor: 

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Endeavour