In this pilot study, which served as the initial provocation for the Summer of Protocols, we aimed to capture the gist of the preliminary conversations that led to the program. We also aimed to establish a minimal common-ground foundation for program researchers, including a rough working definition of protocols, and an initial inventory| Summer of Protocols
Summer of Protocols (SoP) program has funded a wide range of research and fieldwork in what is now a robust young multi-disciplinary field we call Protocol Studies. For the 2025 program, we would like to invite talented educators interested in teaching this emerging discipline to apply to our Curriculum Development Program.| Summer of Protocols
In the Fall of 2022, the word protocol was suddenly everywhere. The proximal cause was obvious: fueled, in part, by the highly visible and fractious change of ownership at Twitter, large numbers of people began heading for the exits. Most of them, of course, were just looking for alternative products or platforms offering roughly ... Read More The post Protocol Reader appeared first on Summer of Protocols.| Summer of Protocols
Autonomous Realities Coming Soon Case Study (Coming Soon) Symposium Slides (Coming Soon) Autonomous Realities We've proposed two speculative protocols for a future where MR headsets are common and users want to share their mixed realities. The first, "FingerSync," is an ... Read More The post Autonomous Realities appeared first on Summer of Protocols.| Summer of Protocols
ARC Regenerative Communities Coming Soon Case Study (Coming Soon) Symposium Slides ARC Regenerative Communities Protocol ARC Regenerative Communities is about outcome-driven civilizational design. To achieve this we attend closely to what works and what does not work when forming, growing, ... Read More The post ARC Regenerative Communities appeared first on Summer of Protocols.| Summer of Protocols
Shoreline Adaptations to Flooding in Urban Waterways In a world defined by rising sea levels, can we learn to live better in wetter cities? Case Study Symposium Slides Shoreline Adaptations to Flooding in Urban Waterways The project was inspired by ... Read More The post Shoreline Adaptations appeared first on Summer of Protocols.| Summer of Protocols
Plurality in Practice Imagine a future where decision-making and resource allocation are driven by nuanced voting protocols that consider voter identity and expertise, moving beyond the limitations of traditional voting systems. Would this lead to diverse and surprising consensus and efficient results, or become mired in complexity? Case Study ... Read More The post Plurality in Practice appeared first on Summer of Protocols.| Summer of Protocols
Fire Protocols After a century of fire suppression and heating atmospheric conditions, California has changed from a fire-ecology to a fire-climate; our ability to work with fire is reshaping how we come to know the world. Fire protocols seeks to adapt communities to fire as an essential tool and way ... Read More The post Fire Protocols appeared first on Summer of Protocols.| Summer of Protocols
End to End Encryption in ActivityPub Every protocol deserves a second chance. Case Study Symposium Slides (Coming Soon) End-to-end Encryption in ActivityPub ActivityPub is the W3C standard for distributed social networking. In this project, we will investigate opportunities for extending ... Read More The post End to End Encryption in ActivityPub appeared first on Summer of Protocols.| Summer of Protocols
The on-chain world is shaped by the data we own, and current data visualization tools are not enough for us to actively connect with our data. Do I understand my data? Can I interact with my data? How can I connect with others through my data? We need more diverse representations of data. An ... Read More The post On-chain Data Sculpture Exhibition appeared first on Summer of Protocols.| Summer of Protocols
A prototype for a kit providing instructions, suggestions, and tools for reassigning the various information in a musical score. The demonstration includes musical examples and conceptual discussion, especially the role aesthetics play in the experience of protocols. This project may be considered a "specialist PILL" -- an invitation for a pre-existing domain to think of their| Summer of Protocols
One day, people were astonished to find that the long-dormant DApps had come back to life, like ghosts in the night, quietly growing in the void. Hidden within the transaction logs of abnormal blocks, a cryptic string of clues emerged, leading back to a silent plan—a mysterious breeding experiment of autonomous on-chain Wood-Wide-Web, conducted on| Summer of Protocols
Summer of Protocols (SoP) program has funded a wide range of research and fieldwork in what is now a robust young multi-disciplinary field we call Protocol Studies. For the 2025 program, we would like to invite talented educators interested in teaching this emerging discipline to apply to our Curriculum Development Program.| Summer of Protocols