Civic Designers · Our Voices Unbound · Distribution Strategy
Four Places. One Question. Every Dome.
A civic archive built for the immersive dome — documentary environments, living voice data, and a participation loop that grows with every school, planetarium, and community that enters.
Civic Designers · 501(c)(3) · Hope Village, Pawtucket RI ·
inknow.ai LLC · MIT Open Documentary Lab ·
Global Launch September 9, 2026
What This Is
A Living Archive of Civic Voice in Four Places
Built over years at the intersection of documentary filmmaking, civic technology, and community organizing — four 360° environments now exist as dome-ready experiences. Each is a distinct cultural world. Together they are connected by a question that has been asked across 48 countries for 20 years. This is not a film. It is a facilitated civic experience powered by Asili — an interpretive intelligence that listens to what people actually said and shows you the shape of their thinking.
The Four Environments
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Blues · Memory · Transmission
Intergenerational exchange across musicians, elders, and youth. Live performances, isolated stems, the living culture of the Delta.
MusicAfrican American HistoryOral Tradition
Parramore, Orlando FL
Community · Identity · Resilience
What it means to be this community — from elders to youth, community-made music videos, portraits of Blackness in a specific place.
DisplacementBlack CommunityUrban History
El Mercado · Puebla, Mexico
Organizing · Resistance · Place
A community building and defending a marketplace against an oppressive political system. Civic resistance embedded in everyday life.
Latin AmericaCivic ActionPolitical Economy
Berlin 2006 · Global 2026
Table of Free Voices / OVU
112 thinkers, 48 countries, ~7,000 responses — joined by new voices through Our Voices Unbound. The archive that never stops growing.
7,000+ Voices48 CountriesLive + Growing
The Intelligence Underneath
Asili™
Interpretive Intelligence · inknow.ai LLC
Asili doesn't generate words — it listens to what people actually said and finds the shape of their thinking across time, geography, and difference. When a student in Pawtucket submits a question through OVU, Asili finds who in Berlin in 2006 was carrying the same weight. That connection surfaces inside the environment itself.
7,000+
Archived Voices
48
Countries
10
CKT Dimensions
20 yrs
In The Making
The Civic Participation Loop
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School Visits Dome
Class enters the environment — facilitated by a community member, musician, or educator connected to the content
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Students Submit
Via phone, OVU web, or in-room kiosk — students record their question for the future of their country
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Asili Analyzes
New voices mapped across 10 dimensions, matched to resonant voices already in the 20-year archive
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Archive Grows
Best submissions enter the environment — the next school hears the voices of the previous school
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Network Builds
Each institution becomes a permanent node in a growing global civic record
Every dome that participates leaves a permanent mark on the archive. Schools and communities become co-authors of a living document.
Distribution Ecosystem
Deep Space · Public Science Commons, RI
The only Deep Space in the US — one of four worldwide. 16×9m wall + floor projection. Opening October 2026. Co-launch target.
Museum of Science · Boston
Charles Hayden Planetarium + Mugar Omni Theater. Existing relationship. Traveling dome program reaches Greater Boston schools.
Roger Williams Park Planetarium · Providence
Rhode Island's only public planetarium. Fulldome system installed. School programs active. Immediate local partner.
Dome Fest West + IPS · National
Only US fulldome festival. Boulder CO. 500+ planetarium professionals. Licensing pathway to 1,800+ US planetariums.
College Curriculum · Summer 2026
First course running 360° environments with student content contribution layer. Proof of pedagogical utility.
Timeline to Launch
Now — May 2026
Fisheye Shader + Outreach Begins
Fulldome format ready. One-pagers drafted. Local and national partner conversations start.
May — June 2026
Curriculum Launch + School Circuit
College course live with OVU submission loop. First pilot dome event before school year ends.
Summer 2026
Community Dome Activations
Hope Village and community spaces. Summer programs, library partnerships. Archive starts growing.
September 9 · 2026
Global OVU Launch
20th anniversary of the Table of Free Voices. OVU goes live. Schools in pipeline. The question goes out to the world.
October 2026
Deep Space Opens
Public Science Commons, Rhode Island. First Deep Space in America. Potential co-launch as premiere civic experience.
2027 +
National Licensing
Each environment as standalone licensed program. Facilitation guides distributed. Network grows worldwide.
"Generative AI puts words in people's mouths. Asili listens to what they actually said and shows you the shape of their thinking."