Deep listening as an approach to tackle polarisation
Essay exploring deep listening – an approach that prepares individuals for encounters across any divides they find within their communities.
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Science for peace?: A history of the British Council’s cultural relations
This essay examines the role of science as a peacebuilding tool.
The recognition of divergent voices: The role of artistic expressions in shaping the conditions for a long-term positive peace
In this essay the authors make a powerful case for artistic expression as a means by which true peace can be achieved.
Difficult Conversations
Essay collection: this series looks at how the arts enable reparative engagement with legacies of trauma and conflict.
Astronomy as a catalyst for cultural relations
Essay exploring how astronomy has generated intercultural encounters throughout its history.
Contemporary festivals in Sub-Saharan Africa
This essay considers how arts festivals across the African continent are innovating in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Not (just) a protest: the Youth Strike for Climate as cultural exchange and collaborative text
Essay discussing the School Strike for Climate, the global movement initiated by Greta Thunberg in August 2018.
Rethinking the unthinkable: what can educational engagements with culture offer the climate crisis?
Essay discussing a socio-cultural response to the climate emergency, inclusive of culture and education.
Empowering a world without fossil fuels: a crisis of culture
Essay discussing how to shift away from a culture of fossil fuels.
Emergencies, emergences, engagement: cultural relations and climate action
Essay discussing telling better stories of the world we want to live in and shaping a new framing of climate change.