The Descentra project

The Descentra project

1. Context

Belo Horizonte is the capital of the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Over the years, the city has attracted residents from other regions, which has created a significant mix of different cultures.

The creation of Minwashin

The creation of Minwashin

1. Context

For 8000 years, the Anishinaabe have lived the Abitibi-Témiscamingue. After a law was passed in 1876, First Nations children were forced to attend residential schools and reserves were created, resulting in these groups losing their culture and language.

5th Niterói municipal conference on culture

5th Niterói municipal conference on culture

1. Context

Niterói is a municipality in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro. It has a population of 513,584 and the highest Human Development Index in Rio de Janeiro, being also one of the cities with the highest literacy rates in Brazil.

Reimagine Bulawayo

Reimagine Bulawayo

1. Context

Bulawayo, with between 1 – 1.5 million inhabitants, is Zimbabwe’s second city. Bulawayo was influenced by many cultures and languages and became home to a rich diversity of minority cultural expressions due to migration.

Women and family Culture and Arts Centre

Women and family Culture and Arts Centre

1. Context

Bağcılar is the 3rd most populated district of Istanbul, with 745.125 inhabitants. It is composed of migrants from all regions of Turkey, representing a melting pot of peoples that enrich its cultural diversity.

Points of culture in Panama

Points of culture in Panama

Context

Panama City was founded 500 years ago and is the oldest European settlement in the Pacific Abya Yala region.

Culture: a pillar of sustainable development in the Cuenca Canton

Culture: a pillar of sustainable development in the Cuenca Canton

Context

The Cuenca Canton has a significant amount of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, from its physical pre-Columbian settlements to its social processes that weave together to form a singular and representative urb