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Recommended readings from ‘Syria - Douzan Arts Center’: Culture is Ordinary’ in ‘Resources of hope: Culture, Democracy, Socialism’ by Williams,  1989.

Recommended readings from ‘Overview of tools and strategies’

• https://state-of-the-arts.net/empowering-artist-run-spaces/

• https://www.thefestivalacademy.eu/en/media/45-digital-r-evolution-festivals-that-worked-and-festivals-that-didn-t-lessons-from-the-digital-world/

• https://sites.google.com/view/toolkits-series/digital-technology-and-festival-making?authuser=0