Calma programme

Calma programme

1. Bogotá and culture

Over the past 25 years, Bogotá has faced worrying rates of gender-based violence and the pandemic exacerbated this situation due to confinement and the economic crisis.

Outreaching Community Culture Café

Outreaching Community Culture Café

1. Gunsan and culture

Gunsan,a port city, is a logistics hub for Northeast Asian countries and a sea trade gateway to the Yellow Sea. The city recently experienced a big industrial crisis with several shut downs.

Huechuraba School of Music

Huechuraba School of Music

1. Huechuraba and culture

Huechuraba is a commune in the Metropolitan Region of Chile, located in the northern part of Santiago. The name Huechuraba in Mapudungun, the native language of the Mapuche people, means “place where the clay is born”.

Living museum, producing city

Living museum, producing city

1. Context

Yalova is on the south of the Marmara Region in Turkey. Since the early Ottoman period, Yalova (or Yalakabad with its historical name) had been under Ottoman rule and in the periphery of Ottoman imperial centers.

The “Peñalolén is Culture” plan: Cultural Community Citizenship

The “Peñalolén is Culture” plan: Cultural Community Citizenship

1. Context

Peñalolén is home to 245,000 people and is located in the Santiago Province. It has a significant level of socioeconomic and cultural diversity and is an urban commune with the one of the largest Indigenous population in Chile.

The cultural policy of the city of Trois-Rivières

The cultural policy of the city of Trois-Rivières

1. Context

Trois-Rivières, the second oldest French-speaking city in North America, was founded in 1634 and is the seat of the regional government. With a population of 138,134 in 2020, it is the ninth largest city in the province of Quebec.

Mediators of civic culture in Medellín

Mediators of civic culture in Medellín

Background

Medellín is the second most populous city in Colombia, with 2,508,452 inhabitants. Its administrative division is made up of 16 urban communes and 5 rural townships.

Take me in your village

Take me in your village

Context

The project realizes in practice the concept that “culture takes on different forms, responding to dynamic models of relationship between societies and territories”.

Nature, culture and people in Jeju Island

Nature, culture and people in Jeju Island

1. Context

Jeju is a volcanic island created entirely from volcanic eruptions in the past, which is located in East Asia. While known for its beautiful nature, Jeju Island’s inhospitable environments—rough soil and frequent typhoons—have caused islanders to suffer.