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==== FoAM project criteria ====

If you are thinking of starting a project at FoAM, here's a list of questions to ask yourself...

=== Your motivation ===

  * Are you personally committed to initiating, engaging in and realising this project?
  * Are you keen to collaborate with other people in one or more of the FoAM studios?
  * How would this project benefit from being part of the FoAM network?
  * Why should this project be developed by "a lab connecting art, science, nature and everyday life"?
  * How does the project connect to FoAM's motto "grow your own worlds"?

=== Research Streams ===

How does your project contribute to one or more of the following research streams:

  * environment: climate change, climate futures, environmental literacy, eco-technologies, panpsychism...?
  * culture and society: social development, social inequality,  (organisational) transitions, futures literacy, uncertainty...?
  * experience: embodiment, experiential learning, experience design, rituals and celebrations, poethics...?


=== Principles ===

Can you answer YES to more than one of these questions - the more positive answers you get, the more 'foamy' the project is likely to be:

  * does it develop, support or engage different modes of inquiry (e.g. theoretical research, creative practice, participatory experiences...)? if it has a single mode of inquiry, is it complementary with other FoAM projects or practices?
  * does it approach complex issues from different perspectives?
  * does it encourage 'unholy alliances' (connections between unexpected fields, cultures and worldviews)?
  * can it function as a connector, or a 'trojan horse' - between disciplines, people, philosophies...?
  * will it engage people from a field that is unknown to you and/or FoAM?
  * does it have a (pseudo)scientific or technological element?
  * is it playful?
  * does it foster speculative culture?
  * will it provide a pause, a fresh breath, an opening, a moment of stillness in people's lives?
  * does it encourage participation?
  * does it include moments of reflection?
  * does it create a world - a total or complete, synaesthetic experience?
  * does it focus on whole lifecycle and has a holistic worldview?


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==== Not a FoAM project ====

If the answer is YES to any of the following questions, the project could not be considered by FoAM without substantial changes:

  * is it one dimensional (i.e. is it dealing with a single issue, using a single approach, by a single individual)?
  * is it wasteful (in terms of human & electrical energy, waste products, time…)?
  * is it unsustainable (environmentally, socially, culturally)?
  * does it focus on producing an artefact for its own sake (without taking the whole lifecycle of the artefact into account)?
  * is it one-directional (i.e. is it 'for' people instead of 'with' people)?
  * does it require a big, expensive production to produce a temporary result (e.g. a large installation on a 2 day festival)?
  * does it separate thinkers from makers?
  * does it treat scientists & technologists as technicians, artists & designers as 'prettifiers', or crafts and trade's people as mere 'manual labour'?
  * [...]