culture Solutions: Composing trust

What role do culture and the arts play in supporting mental health in times of conflict and crisis? 🌍🎭🕊️ In contexts of conflict, displacement, and uncertainty, cultural practices and grassroots initiatives remain vital spaces for care, connection, and resilience among communities — and can become powerful acts of resistance. Beyond immediate response, they invite us to rethink how humanitarian...

When conflict erupts and healthcare systems collapse, culture and artistic practices often remain among the few accessible forms of collective care. 😷 In the absence of formal mental health infrastructure, music, visual art, and living heritage can become responses to trauma, grief, and social fragmentation. They also help communities preserve dignity, continuity, and resilience amid displacement...

This episode of the Composing Green podcast series, recorded in 2023 by Damien Helly, explores how agroforestry connects science, culture, and artistic practice within broader debates on climate, biodiversity, and rural transformation. Bringing together Maya Marshak, Patrick Worms, Francesca Camilli, and Zayaan Khan, it presents agroforestry as both an environmental approach and a form of cultural...

This Ukrainian-language episode focuses on how art and culture can help preserve memory, humanity, and solidarity in times of war. Since 2021, the European Union’s Concept on Cultural Heritage in Conflicts and Crises has recognised cultural heritage as a key driver of peace, democracy, and sustainable development. In Ukraine, this principle takes on a concrete meaning every day, as cultural worker...

This English-language episode focuses on how art and culture can help preserve memory, humanity, and solidarity in times of war. Since 2021, the European Union’s Concept on Cultural Heritage in Conflicts and Crises has recognised cultural heritage as a key driver of peace, democracy, and sustainable development. In Ukraine, this principle takes on a concrete meaning every day, as cultural workers,...

On the 22nd of September, culture Solutions hosted the webinar EU’s International Cultural Relations: Reality Check, welcoming Mafalda Dâmaso, coordinator of the recently published and important handbook The EU as a Global Cultural Power, along with four contributors: Avril Joffe, Matina Magkou, Alessandro Lamonica, and Andrew Murray. The webinar offered a timely opportunity to assess where the EU...

This French-language episode is part of a series dedicated to the role of art and culture in the face of crises and conflict: their capacity to support communities, foster dialogue, contribute to conflict resolution, and assist in both material and psychological reconstruction. In 2021, the European Union adopted a concept on the protection of cultural heritage in times of conflict and crisis, rec...

In this third episode of the (Re)generating trust podcast series on the links between youth and culture, Elise Cuny exchanged with four artists from Kenya, Somalia and Italy, who took part in the ArtXChange project, a result of the AU-EU youth cooperation hub. We explore how they experienced co-creation, how creative directors supported them in residencies and exhibitions, and what they learned fr...

After exploring the various understandings of the concept of international cultural relations in different geographical contexts, we now look at the relationship between diverse world regions and the dynamics that have emerged in recent years between and within the North and the South, the East and the West. We round up with a series of recommendations based on contributors' professional pract...

The second episode of the Regenerating trust podcast mini-series, focusing on youth and culture, features Nicky Alonga, a trailblazer in the fields of art and education in Rwanda. Nicky is a visionary entrepreneur in the creative sector who established a publishing house in Rwanda - Imagine We Rwanda - specialising in children's books with narratives from Rwanda and Africa. In her interview wi...

International Cultural Relations (ICR) theory and practices are usually framed from a Western perspective that conditiones their design and interpretation. There is a need for a more inclusive ICR framework, founded on open dialogue and attentive listening, embracing diversity of voices and perspectives, and engaging with a variety of stakeholders. It is time to ask ourselves: is ICR a purely West...

This first episode of the miniseries entitled Composing green presents agroforestry as part and parcel of cultural action and EU international cultural relations. Agroforestry is a set of cultural traditions, practices and know-how that mix trees and agriculture. It has been practiced for thousands of years but has been almost forgotten by industrialised societies. Yet, agroforestry has a very sig...

We take a look forward, pondering on good practices, existing needs and visions for the future. A future where Artificial Intelligence is part and parcel of society and international cultural relations. The speakers share their sincere hopes but also major fears, and offer a series of questions that we must answer as a global community in order to build together the AI-enabled interconnected, dive...

Turkey has had the status of candidate to the EU for several decades – this has allowed bilateral relations to develop, including in the cultural field. Although in the last twenty years relations have become more tense and complicated (e.g. management of migration flows, political dialogue on Human Rights), this has not prevented cultural professionals from continuing their cooperation work.  The...

Dive deep into our core topic: the impact of Artificial Intelligence on International Cultural Relations, and the way this disruptive technology drives or impedes relations with partners around the globe.  The miniseries Composing trustworthiness explore the impact that Artificial Intelligence has on art, language, and culture more broadly, as well as on international relations. We examine the EU&...

In our miniseries (Re)generating trust, we tackle the not-so-obvious link between youth and culture. Why is it important to give youth a space in the cultural sector? How can the EU institutions and member states do it? Youth is presented in these episodes as advocate for culture and creative skills, able to regenerate societies and trust in institutions. This series is a platform for young profes...

We ask our experts from different cultural and diplomatic fields: How are European values reflected in the regulatory approach towards AI? Is this approach to AI compatible with other cultures and does it sufficiently consider the cultural and creative sector? The miniseries Composing trustworthiness explore the impact that Artificial Intelligence has on art, language, and culture more broadly, as...

Zoom into the importance of culture for AI development, and vice versa the influence of AI on culture. Throughout the miniseries entitled Composing trustworthiness, we explore the impact that Artificial Intelligence, in short AI, has on art, language, and culture more broadly, as well as on international relations. We examine the EU's aspiration for trust and excellence in AI, in light of popu...

This podcast addresses the European Union’s role and actions in cultural heritage protection in times of crises, with our guests Aparna Tandon, Giovanni Fontana Antonelli, Johanna Leissner, and Giovanni De Siervo.  The aim of the episode is, on the one hand, to highlight the importance of cultural heritage protection (and prevention) and discuss this issue from multiple perspectives, such as clima...

This introductory episode presents culture Solutions’ new podcast programme entitled Composing trust, framing the discussions of the podcast programme and presenting cS objectives. In this first episode, culture Solutions co-founders Felipe Basabe and Damien Helly introduce us to the organisation and its objectives. They share with us their sources of inspiration and their motivation. They debate...

Ce podcast pilote présente principalement culture Solutions ainsi que le programme de sa série de podcast “culture Solutions : construire la confiance”. Dans ce premier épisode, les co-fondateurs de culture Solutions Felipe Basabe Llorens et Damien Helly nous présentent l’organisme, ses objectifs. Ils partagent avec nous leurs sources d’inspiration et leur motivation. Ils débattent sur la responsa...

The Composing trust podcast 🎙️ is an observatory of the interplay between International Cultural Relations 🎨 and heritage protection 🏛️, youth 🧒, green 🌿, digital 🌐, etc. By giving voice to diverse speakers, it makes a difference in fostering understanding, collaboration 🤝, and respect of cultural richness 🎭 Why did culture Solutions launch the Composing trust podcast? What are you going to...