Mapping opportunities card game

Gain knowledge about local and international opportunities and learn strategies to diversify professional activities.

Concretising proposals and discovering new opportunities, diversifing activities based on creative work

Download, print and cut of the cards. Several copies should be printed in case participants need the same cards.
Asl participants to bring photos of their work.

• Step 1: Introduction
  Arrange the cards into lines and put them on the table (see illustration Nr. 1). Explain the exercise and the cards to the participants. This exercise can be done alone or in pairs. Each participant should choose a photo of any of their artworks. If they work alone, they can use any object or artwork they have created as a starting point. If they work in pairs, they can use both works as a basis for the exercise.
• Step 2: Card Game
  The card game can be played in two different ways:
  Option A: Participants choose an artwork and create an activity path by taking one card from each of the following piles:
  • Topic cards: these cards contain topics that can be treated through the art object. They are colored dark green.
  • Institution cards: these cards contain institutions or potential collaborators that might be interested in the topic. They are colored orange.
  • Activity cards: these cards contain activities that fit the interests of the selected institution. They are colored burgundy red.
  • Skill cards: these cards contain skills to be shared or gained through the activity. They are colored dark violet.
  • Objective cards: these cards contain objectives and outcomes of the activity. They are colored turquoise blue.
  • Participants decide on the order of the cards and create a path based on the first card chosen.

  Option B: Participants create a path using the cards, but the first card is chosen accidentally without looking at it. This ensures that participants explore different opportunities. Participants choose the cards in rounds. To decide who goes first, use a dice. You can also allow the pairs to create their own paths, take a photo of it, and put the cards back on the table. You can use the empty cards to add other institutions, gains, skills, and activities.

• Step 3: Action Plan
  Based on the paths created, each pair or participant will make an “”action plan.”” Some tips to help them are:
  – What will be the content of your activity? How will you set it up?
  – What do you need from the institution/collaborator you have chosen?
  – How will you get in touch with them?
  – In what form will you present your activity proposal (video, text+image presentation, webpage, etc.)?
  – What should your proposal contain?
• Step 4: Presentation
  Each pair or participant presents their action plan to the group.
• Step 5: Evaluation and Discussion
  Evaluation and discussion of the activity will take place in a plenary session.”