Nuqat Exploration Sessions

Working with Nuqat, a nonprofit organisation based in Kuwait that focuses on cultural development in the region. Rukun funders its initiative THAT brought their Exploration Sessions to Saudi Arabia in 2019.

These exploration sessions joined various academics, professionals, intellectuals, creatives, designers and more to tackle a variety of issues related to the creative economy. The exploration sessions presented a unique and collaborative environment enabling the exchange of ideas, providing opportunities for new collaborations and a chance to delve into the possibilities for the future of a creative economy.

It consisted of 3 roundtable sessions discussing:

1."Funding the Creative Economy: Rethinking investing" aimed to understand how innovation, creativity and culture is financed in KSA

2. "Architecture and Urbanism: The built environment on social behaviors" aimed to dissect the link between social and economic progress with urban planning in the context of KSA

3. "Design and Education: Designing for sustainable solutions"  aimed to understand how to nurture a design culture that can respond to the urgent issues confronting KSA

Each of these sessions were held in the 3 major cities of Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Dhahran & Jeddah.

The roundtable sessions included 20 people, from scholars to professionals, that were selected by the moderator, Nuqat & Rukun. Through active discussion and deliberation, the moderator lead the participants to provide possible solutions and answers to the questions raised.

The goal of these discussions was to develop and provide the relevant knowledge, tools and  resources for the creative economy. Given the diversity of the participants’ backgrounds, a  unique, multi-dimensional understanding of the prevalent issues within the creative economy was formed.