[PROPOSAL] ‘‘Research at Near’’
Proponent:
Natasha Cremonese
Carlos Roberto Escouto - escouto.near
Project Timeline
11/06 - Presentation of the Fellows’ projects
12 to 26 - Execution of the projects
6/27 - Presentation of the report with follow-up
During the month - Social Networking and minting
payment hash: NEAR
Title: ''Research at Near
Objective:
To provide opportunities for a process of research movement with people from inside or outside the Near ecosystem, thinking about the importance of sharing knowledge through research. Providing training and qualification to researchers so that their performance within the Near ecosystem is more engaged and integrated with the functioning of the ecosystem, helping to form after research members more instrumentalized with the Near process and knowledgeable about all the possibilities that the system provides to its members and possibilities of projects and artistic productions within the platform. The project makes direct dialogue with some of the tentacles (principles) that govern the Octopode DAO, they are:
RESEARCH: We value the scope of research, as a form of autonomous education and that extends the responsibility to create, develop, and discover, thus generating a personal value, not only of learning but of living with the community, with the system of the near and strengthens the spirit of curiosity. And it is through research, and the presentation of new ideas, and new questions that a more decentralized and innovative society is built.
COMMUNICATION: Communication is indispensable, we value communication, through marketing, the arts, and the vast forms of expression. It is the transmission, sharing, and dissemination of all the artistic and educational work that the near system produces, spreading it both within the NEAR ecosystem and externally to the community at large through the updated platforms and social media.
TECHNOLOGY: We value the use of technology for creation, education, art, and innovation. Through them we can communicate, experience, transform realities and create new perspectives of life from the artistic experience in the fruition of the works of the artists of the NEAR, projecting a new virtual artistic practice.
SOCIAL: Going beyond the virtual community. To bring NEAR’s work to the public and the field, Octopode dao intends to externalize its work to communities, peripheries, schools, community centers, NGOs, associations, collectives, and other forms of social associations so that the public outside NEAR has access to the art making and fruition, allowing them access to the arts developed by Octopode as well as knowledge of this virtual community. 10% of the value of all funds received from this date onwards will be destined to a social portfolio, which every quarter will be withdrawn and will benefit families, NGOs, people in vulnerable situations, or social projects focused on art.
Links to the months of research carried out by the scholarship recipients:
JUSTIFICATION:
The project proposal is justified in the sense of giving qualification and practical experience to the scholar in initiation in Near. Providing theoretical and practical research, the project will ensure that the member of the blockchain after going through this experience will have more ease, repertoire, and knowledge to operate the Near platform, as well as create and produce artworks moving the platform beyond the creation, minting and marketing of works in NFT in the future. Both the members that make up the Octopode DAO and the scholars that will be part of the research initiative and Near itself only have to gain from the execution of this project, as it will leave an educational and training legacy in each member that will add quality to their artistic productions within the platform.
Payment: NEAR
Project: This month the fellows will do the last stage of this project, which is the presentation of the projects, and execution.
This month when they finish their activities with mastery, they will receive a participation certificate ( in NFT format too) that will go to their portfolios and can be used as COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES in UNIVERSITY COURSES.
Timeline:
11/06 - Presentation of the Fellows’ projects
12 À 26 - Execution of the projects
27/06 - Presentation of the report with follow-up
During the month - Social Media Publishing and Minting
Budget: 600 USD in NEAR
TOTAL: 600 USD NEAR
300 USD x 2
EVERYONE NEEDS TO DONATE 10% of the amount received to the collective social portfolio: realizar. near
signature: natashacremoneseartista.near
subscription: natashacremoneseartista.near
Natasha Cremonese
Visionary Artist, Visual Arts Teacher graduated by UNINTER, Post-graduating in Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture, Elementary School Arts Teacher at SESC/RS/BR
Carlos Escoto
Theater teacher graduated by UFPel, state cultural producer in the Rio Grande do Sul and president of the municipal council of the culture of Santa Cruz do Sul.
Congratulations on the proposal and on this beautiful project to encourage new members to join the ecosystem and have the opportunity to learn more about NEAR. 
