MANDATE 2026—2027
MANDATE 2026—2027
programmes
programmes
The Institute for Hybrid Cultures (TIHC) structures its cultural R&D through long-term, compounding programmes rather than episodic events. Our work bridges the rigorous preservation of cultural heritage with contemporary, transnational production.
Currently, our core infrastructure is built across three primary nodes: The Archive, an evolving, evidence-based observatory mapping how living cultural systems are made and maintained; The Library, a mobile, relational knowledge infrastructure designed to anchor our research; and Sessions, a recurring programme experimenting with collective gathering and third-space theory. Alongside these core pillars, we facilitate public-facing hybrid production, directly collaborating with artists and researchers to activate spaces and provoke vital dialogue.
The Institute for Hybrid Cultures (TIHC) structures its cultural R&D through long-term, compounding programmes rather than episodic events. Our work bridges the rigorous preservation of cultural heritage with contemporary, transnational production.
Currently, our core infrastructure is built across three primary nodes: The Archive, an evolving, evidence-based observatory mapping how living cultural systems are made and maintained; The Library, a mobile, relational knowledge infrastructure designed to anchor our research; and Sessions, a recurring programme experimenting with collective gathering and third-space theory. Alongside these core pillars, we facilitate public-facing hybrid production, directly collaborating with artists and researchers to activate spaces and provoke vital dialogue.
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the Library
A mobile, relational knowledge infrastructure operating as the intellectual backbone of the Institute
A mobile, relational knowledge infrastructure operating as the intellectual backbone of the Institute
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Ethical Exchange Infrastructure for consent-based collaboration between institutions and practitioners from underrepresented communities
Ethical Exchange Infrastructure for consent-based collaboration between institutions and practitioners from underrepresented communities
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A live research methodology investigating third spaces and the conditions of non-commercial cultural gathering.
A live research methodology investigating third spaces and the conditions of non-commercial cultural gathering.
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publications
publications
public journals , zine and critical theory reprints
public journals , zine and critical theory reprints

