COVID-19 & BEYOND- Challenges and Opportunities for Cultural Heritage
The European Cultural Heritage Organization Europa Nostra has produced a comprehensive study on the challenges and opportunities of the pandemic for the cultural heritage sector. Europa Nostra is Europe's largest member organization for the work of drawing attention to Europe's cultural and natural heritage. The far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to curb it have affected all aspects of life and our environment, including World Heritage. This study analyzes and summarizes information gathered from EU Member [...]
Informal learning
I_improve is a project centered around informal learning, but what is informal learning? Our informal educator Avril Meehan helps us answer that question in a brand new piece of writing published on the I_improve website. She goes into explaining the subject, how to approach it and also a reading list for those who would like to know more. If you are interested in this topic, we highly recommend you give it a read, just click here and we'll take [...]
State Of The Union 2020
Don´t miss State of the Union speech 2020! In September each year, the President of the European Commission gives a speech on the state of the EU (SOTU). This year, Ursula von der Leyen will give her first speech to the Commission as President on the future of Europe and her thoughts on the past year. Don't miss this years speech by president von der Leyen, on Wednesday 16/9 at 09.00. The speech will live broadcasted on several digital channels. [...]
European Culture during the Corona-Crisis
The Corona Virus changes the world and also the culture in Europe. How do cultural workers deal with it? What effects does the virus have on the world of culture and how do the different countries of the European Union deal with it? We discuss these questions with the Council of the River // Cities Platform. The River // Cities Platform is a partnership between cultural, environmental and political initiatives that work in their cities to interact with and develop [...]
EU:s cultural recovery plan
The European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) organized a video conference on the first of September where the financial recovery of the cultural and creative Europe was discussed. Last week, the organization Culture Action Europe published an article about the conference and the importance of Creative Europe as part of the cultural sector's recovery due to Covid-19. "While Creative Europe does not have to be a recovery program, it can also contribute to the recovery of Europe, if [...]
Presenting: Woven Network
Woven Network, or Women's Network in English, is a 6 month online art residence involving 7 female artists from 5 European countries across 3 timezones. This is our creative response to the pandemic: sharing experiences of women workers who are on the frontlines battling the coronavirus. Our artists will seek to highlight the women working in healthcare, education, and other essential service sectors. Lockdown along with unemployment and the risk of infection, plus the invisible, overwhelming burden of unpaid labour, [...]
Reflecting on our June 2020 workshop
On the 16th of June 2020, we at Intercult had the pleasure of hosting a workshop together with our changemaker Livet Bitch! (which translates as Life Bitch!). The theme was: theatre as a space for feminist issues. The participants in workshop where from all over Sweden’s cultural field - decision makers, freelance artists, theatre producers, students and many more. We were so happy to see such a big variety of people! The more stories and experiences - the more we [...]
Summery of workshop: theatre as a space for feminist issues
On the 16th of June 2020, Intercult had the pleasure of hosting a digital social innovation lab together with our I_improve changemaker Livet Bitch! (which translates as Life Bitch!). The theme was: theatre as a space for feminist issues. The participants in the lab where from all over Sweden’s cultural field - decision makers, freelance artists, theatre producers, students and many more. We were so happy to see such a big variety of people! The more stories and experiences - [...]
Webinar: Participation, collaboration and co-creation in art and urban planning
Date: Wednesday June 3 2020 Time: 12.30-13.30 Place: Intercult Facebook Page There are probably very few people working in culture, design and urban planning that have not heard the word participation over the past ten years. Maybe even a few times too often, even if it is now being exchanged with the words collaboration and co-creation. So why do we need to talk about this? Well, because we talk about it more than we actually do it, and it can [...]