Cultural Democracy

Culture is considered an important pillar of the EU as it significantly contributes to social cohesion, building a common sense of belonging and promoting shared values and cultural diversity. For that reason, the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU defines culture as a cross-cutting area that builds bridges and synergies to other policy areas. As a result, a wide range of European funding instruments is open for cultural and creative projects and complements the support that is provided by Creative Europe, the EU’s main programme addressing the cultural, creative and audiovisual sector across Europe.

The publication tackles the benefits of participative projects that were discussed during the seminar hosted by Kulturfabrik and COOPERATIONS in Luxembourg in March 2020. The seminar brought together 60 cultural professionals from across Europe working with arts education to share best practices and methodologies of participative activities. The following publication offers a deeper look into the main objectives and findings of the seminar.

An Interperiphery Centre for ‘Contemporanities’ (Aipcc) is a new concept developed by female black artist Sonia E. Barrett whose aim was to challenge the conventional perception of arts space. Aipcc was born as a response to a collective experience of many black artists living in artistic residences in Europe.