Nomad Project | TOP 6 voting results are out, let’s go to the next stage!

The "Nomad Project" jointly launched by Matters and the Sihai Community provides initial funds, a publishing platform, and a community, hoping to encourage more people to go on the road with observation eyes, become a mobile person, travel around the world, and pastor places. Applications were accepted from December 15 last year, and after a one-month application period, voting ended on January 22.

A total of 54 proposals were received during the submission period ( for a list of all proposals, please click here ). The proposals received were very rich, ranging from small towns to borders, from local construction, art and culture, gender diversity, natural environment to cross-generational projects. History, thanks to the participation and input of all the proposers, allows us to see the nomad's belief in trying to explore a different world, and also to see how a responsible digital nomad embarks on a journey with both depth and breadth.

The themes of these proposals are diverse, but they also reflect the common concerns of contemporary nomads. They are shared with you as follows:

1. Caring for the natural environment and exploring the possibility of sustainable life

Some people want to find a balance between nomadic and settled life ; some want to participate in the conservation of finless porpoises ; participate in the construction of local zero-waste communities and activities in Hainan ; and explore a sustainable life model in Yunnan . Or go to southern Xinjiang to experience a ranch transition , or explore how mushrooms shape each other with the culture and local knowledge of the Yi people in Yunnan .

2. A journey of exploration of humanities, history and art

Pay attention to small towns and construction sites, as well as the figures of foreign workers ; go to Indonesia to understand the local impact of the Belt and Road Initiative ; explore the flow of world history in Northern Luzon, Philippines ; Art Residency in Honduras; visit the borders between China , Russia and China and North Korea ; visit He Yin Visitthe ancient tomb attractions in Luoyang ;explore the culture of local ceramic artists in South Africa ; enter Russia after the Russo-Ukrainian War ; record the current situation of left-behind children ;visit the ruins of third-line construction factories around Chongqing ; see the history of the Chinese village in North America, Thailand

3. Attention to gender issues, women and ethnic minorities

Explore the culture and lifestyle of ethnic minorities with the concept of recycling ;record the ethnic fabrics and cultural inheritance of the Bai people in Yunnan ; see female immigrants and sexual minority immigrants on the nomadic road ; understand the current situation of feminism and sex education in Taiwan

4. Digital nomads, self-journey and life exploration

Observing the life stories of digital nomads in Chiang Mai and Bangkok ; realizing "half farmer and half X" in Tangquan, Nanjing ;Ethereum encrypted digital nomad journey ; embarking on the Spanish pilgrimage ; bicycle trip from Chengdu to Kenya ; exploring Israel cannabis industry ; an illustration depicting the life experiences of young people in southwest China ; going to Edinburgh to explore Chinese identity

There are many wonderful proposals. Due to the space limitations, we cannot list them all. You are welcome to click here to read all the proposals.

During the voting period, we also held two Pitch Days , allowing proposers to share their ideas and demonstrate their ambition to challenge themselves and connect with the world. Each proposal is a way to explore the world and a starting point to connect with the place. When nomads implement the ideas in their minds into concrete proposals, the first step of the journey has begun.

The following are the results of this voting. This article only lists the top six and the final number of votes. Please click here to view the final number of votes for all proposals . The public notice period is from now until January 30. If you have any questions, please write to hi@matters.town .

Reward amount:

• First prize, one person: 1,288 USDT per person

• Second prize, two places: 988 USDT each

• Third Prize, three places: 588 USDT each

Top six proposals (ranked by number of votes):

First place (first prize): Exploring sustainable habitat by giving back to the environment/community/oneself through circular nomadism

• Proposer: @Sunshine Yang

• Theme: "Circular nomadic" settlement that establishes long-term ties with the community, gives back to the environment, and creates a sustainable life in the local community

• Submission date: December 25, 2023

• Final number of votes: 2006

Second place (second prize): Smiling at the finless porpoise | Nomad Program application plan

• Proposer: @Robert

• Theme: Go to Nanjing to observe the smiling angel finless porpoise, look for traces of the finless porpoise, and work together for the source of life in the Yangtze River

• Submission date: December 19, 2023

• Final number of votes: 1718

Third Place (Second Prize): Strange Henan: Travel to Small Towns, Construction Sites, and Rural Areas｜Nomad Project

• Proposer: @ Zhao Jingyi

• Theme: Going to Henan to see my parents from a distance and get to know the countryside, factories and workers, as well as those who stay in the countryside

• Submission date: December 27, 2023

• Final number of votes: 1677

Fourth place (third prize): Nomad Program Application | Local New Student | Yarn Fanatic

• Proposer: @凯阳

• Theme: Taking the traditional crafts of the Miao people in Hainan as the main body, exploring low-consumption and recyclable creative life

• Submission date: January 5, 2024

• Final number of votes: 1463

Fifth Place (Third Prize): Nomad Project Application｜Indonesia and NGO Society along the Belt and Road Initiative

• Proposer: Stephen the Goose

• Topic: Go to Indonesia to understand and assist local NGO operations, and observe the impact of railway construction on the local area under the "Belt and Road Initiative"

• Submission date: December 19, 2023

• Final number of votes: 1394

Sixth Place (Third Prize): Nomadic Plan | Ethnic, public, women, fabric, myth

• Proposer: @yeyi

• Theme: A field of "returning to hometown", Yunnan Bai women who settle on fabrics are also historical markers and cultural carriers

• Submission date: December 27, 2023

• Final number of votes: 1069

Please click here to view the number of votes received for all proposals.

[Appendix] The scoring method for this vote is:

• Clapping: Each account’s clapping counts as one vote (no matter how many times it claps for the proposal, it counts as one vote), multiplied by the weight of the account

• Support: Each account’s support is calculated as ten votes (there is no limit to the amount of support, and multiple supports will only be counted once), multiplied by the weight of the account

For more information on voting and weighting, please read this article

After the publicity period ends, the final award results will be announced on February 1, 2024, and follow-up matters will be communicated with the winners.

Congratulations to the winners of the above six groups, and thanks to the thousands of voters for their attention and support for the Nomad Project and the 54 proposers. After Pitch Day, we received nearly a hundred live polls and sent out the poll results . During the event, the cheering of the supporters, the sympathy and communication of the proposers, and the enthusiasm to start the journey with others made the Nomad Project successful and became a cohesive community. Nomads may only be on the road, but they are never alone.

After completing the first phase of proposals and voting, we are excited to welcome the second phase: we are eagerly waiting for the nomads to set off on their journey! All supporters are sincerely invited to continue to follow her/them, support the sharing and creation of this group of nomads on the road, and accompany her/them on the journey as readers.

The following message area is open to congratulate the winner. Nomad is our eyes on the road. Readers can leave a message to Nomad, wish for the creative content they want to see, and tell her/them our expectations. Winners are also welcome to give acceptance speeches. Come thank your readers for supporting you. More follow-up activities will be launched in the near future, continue to support each other, nomadic together, and set off together!