Protocol 1: Quadruple Helix Cultural Innovation EPIC-WE Quadruple Helix Cultural Ecosystems and Cultural Hubs (Initial protocol)

The present document is the first of four individual subreports that together make up the EPIC-WE D3.1 report “Protocols for carrying out cultural game jams in local sites”

1. D3.1 Protocol 1: Quadruple Helix Cultural Innovation: EPIC-WE Quadruple Helix Cultural Ecosystems and Cultural Hubs (Initial protocol)

2. D3.1 Protocol 2: Cultural Game Jam Kit: EPIC-WE Cultural Game Jam Processes, Phases, Methods, and Tools (Initial protocol)

3. D3.1Protocol3:EPIC-WEResearchProtocolforCulturalGameJamsinLocal Sites (Initial protocol)

4. D3.1Protocol4:EPIC-WEPracticalProtocolforCulturalGameJamsinLocal Sites (Initial protocol)

As a whole, the 4 subreports support the EPIC-WE project in carrying out its research and innovations interventions on the macro-level (EPIC-WE Quadruple Helix Cultural Innovation Ecosystem), on the meso-level (EPIC-WE Cultural Hub), and on the micro-level (EPIC-WE Cultural Game Jams).

The Protocol 1 describes the ‘design’ of the EPIC-WE Quadruple Helix Cultural Innovation Ecosystem and Cultural Hubs, which brings together Higher Education Institutions (HEI), Creative Industries (CI), Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHI), and Youth Citizens (YCs), to do research and innovation together, thus connecting and operationalising the four helices of the QH ecosystem. This epistemic and practical partnership across helices uses the ‘design’ of the EPIC-We Cultural Game Jam Kit (Protocol 2) and the ‘construction’ of the EPIC-WE Research Protocol (Protocol 3) to innovate and research the format of cultural game jams, game-making as a form of culture-making, and the creation of games through and for culture. The Protocol 4, EPIC-WE Practical Protocol, describes, in a beginning way, how the Quadruple Helix Cultural Partners can work together in Cultural Hubs to facilitate Cultural Game Jams that positions game-making as a form of culture-making and leads to the creation of games through and for culture.