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Online discussion "Latent Potential or Why We Believe in the Future of Cultural Centers" is scheduled for February, 25 11:00 am Moscow time. To participate is Maria Sedletskaya, an expert in the field of historical and cultural heritage, a leading analyst of the Agency CENTER. You can register here.

The event will be the first within the framework of the Cultural Center-XXI: Culture, Education, Development program. The program will allow to build a dialogue and give an opportunity to share experience, ideas and methods to all participants in the process of modernization of the recreation center, as well as to attract maximum public attention to the problem of the revival of cultural centers and the formation of a system of modern cultural and educational centers on their basis.

Key discussion points:

• Why is there a potential for development in the system, which began 100 years ago, performed various functions, only a few of which are still relevant to this day?
• What functionality can be introduced into this system and what can give it a chance to qualitatively transform?
• How can you change the system, which currently numbers about 42 thousand club institutions and dozens of different regional and federal departments and offices responsible for its functioning?

The discussion will be attended by:

• Alexey Boev, architect, head of the project "Identity in a typical",
• Daria Naugolnova, architect, head of the project "Identity in a typical",
• Maria Sedletskaya, expert in the field of historical and cultural heritage, leading analyst of the Agency for Strategic Development "CENTER".

Moderator: Elena Petukhova, manager of special projects of the SMA, coordinator of the project "Identity in the typical".

During 2021, monthly open online events will be held. They will be attended by representatives of all institutions involved in the modernization of the recreation center.

Each event will be devoted to various aspects and problems of the revival of the recreation center system and, first of all, to those approaches and examples of their solution, which can already be used in the development of a universal methodology for the reconstruction of existing and creation of new cultural and educational centers.

The program was initiated by the project team "Identity in a Typical" with the participation of the Agency for Strategic Development "CENTER" and the support of the Union of Moscow Architects and the Presidential Grants Fund.