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The Governable Space-Makers Fellowship

Application Revision Notice: The application for The Governable Space-Makers Fellows has been revised based on feedback from Q&A sessions. The application has been simplified and shortened, and evaluation criterial clarified. Work already completed is still applicable. Some questions have been slightly reworded. Please review previous work before submitting.
If you already submitted an application you do not need to resubmit. Deadline for applications has also been EXTENDED 1 month, until February 20, 2025.

Application Form

Welcome to the application for Metagov's Governable Space-Makers Fellowship. This fellowship supports three fellows—an Artist, a Digital Governance Engineer, and a Speculative Digital Ethnographer—to collaborate on transforming a digital artwork, or digital object central to an art practice, into a governable space.

Key Information

Application

• Application Deadline (EXTENDED): February 20, 2025 (23:59 anywhere in the world) • Application Duration: 30 minutes (required fields are marked with *) • Team Applications: If applying as a team, all team members must complete this form individually.

Fellowship

• Fellowship Duration: April 15 - December 15, 2025
• Fellowship Stipend: $8,000 USD (per fellow, paid in two part)
• Time Commitment: ~8 hours per week
• Format: Fully remote

Evaluation Criteria

• Alignment with the fellowship’s goal • General technical considerations • General governance understanding • Collaborative experience Fellowship Goal: Expand a digital artwork or object central to an art practice into a governable space through collaborative experimentation. By governable space, we mean: a digital artwork or object governed through shared decision-making, where the artwork or object holds and reflects collective values. These are digital artworks and objects that serve as active sites of collaboration, decision-making, and power sharing—digital artworks and objects expanded into interfaces where, and through which, governance happens in partnership with the people the digital artwork and object connects, and the environments inhabited. Evaluation: Reviewers will look for visions of how applications imagine their art, engineering, or ethnographic background collaboratively contributing to this goal and evaluate those visions based on experiences with online governance and team collaboration, as well as general technical considerations. See the full fellowship description for more information.

Need help or have questions?

• Contact: [email protected] • Review: Our Q&A Sessions (recordings here) and list of resources and references • More Questions: Join the Metagov Slack and join #find-governable-spacemakers

Section 1: Basic Information

⏱️ 10 minutes | Progress: ⬤○○ (1 of 3)

Full Name

As you'd like it to appear in fellowship communications.

Email

Please use an email you check regularly.

Primary Time Zone (in UTC)

Typical Available Hours [multiple select]

Typical Available Hours [multiple select]

Role Selection

Note: Review role descriptions in the open call before selecting. If your background doesn't neatly fit into these roles, choose the one that most closely aligns with your skills and interests.

Application Type

Important: If applying as a team, all team members must complete this form individually.

Demographics

The following information helps ensure diverse participation and identify gaps in our outreach. The following fields are optional. Please feel free to self identify in one or more fields.

Age Range

Gender

Regional Residency

Ethnicity

Section 2: Work Sample

⏱️ 10 minutes | Progress: ⬤⬤○ (2 of 3)

Work Sample (Link or Upload)

• For Artists: Submit the digital artwork/object you plan to use. You must use an already existing digital artwork or object. See the fellowship call for more information. • For Engineers: Submit a sample of your work that reflects your approach to engineering governance systems. Engineering can include the development of new software or systems composed of already developed software. Engineers do not need to be software developers to apply. • For Ethnographers: Submit a sample of your work that reflects your approach to digital ethnography.

How Will You Submit Your Work Sample?

Password (if needed)
Note: Type "None" if there is no password
For examples of digital artworks and objects that gesture towards becoming governable spaces as well as example ethnographies: see our thread of examples. and our supplementary list of references and resources.

Context (~200-300 words)

Describe this work, your contributions, any time-stamps or aspects of the work reviewers should focus on, any technical considerations that went into the work, and its relevance to your vision of the fellowship's goal.

Section 3: Your Perspective

⏱️ 10 minutes | Progress: ⬤⬤⬤ (3 of 3)

Experience with Online Governance (~200-400 words)

Share an experience where you have come together with others as a group in a shared online space (e.g. social media, video games, collaborative whiteboard software, digital marketplaces, group chats, etc.) to make shared decisions.
How did this experience of group decision-making impact you or your community? Describe the impact, how the shared decision-making (or lack of) was approached, any technical considerations that influenced the experience, and how your experience shapes your vision for making a digital artwork or object into a governable space during the fellowship.

Team Collaboration (~200-400 words)

How do you collaborate and what do you bring to team work? How would you contribute to the fellowship team to make a digital artwork or object more governable from your role's perspective?

Additional Information

Is there anything else you'd like us to know about:
• Your application or circumstances
• Accessibility needs
• Feedback on the application process
• Other relevant information

Application Review, Agreements, and Submission

Review:
✓ All required fields are complete
✓ Portfolio links work
After submitting you will:
• See a confirmation of submission screen
• Receive a status update (mid-March, 2025)
• Receive a final decision (mid-April, 2025)
Review the fellowship requirements and conditions: https://metagov.org/join/jobs/governable-space-makers-fellowship#terms
Terms Agreement

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