Project description
Drawing on the arts to promote empathy
Inventing inclusive ways of living together requires the implementation of new transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral practices and methods, connecting spatial practice with cultural sociology, cultural policy and behavioural economics. This is the crux of the EU-funded SPACEX project. It will investigate how spacial practices in art, architecture and design instigate public exchange and promote empathetic ways of living together in urban spaces. For instance, the rise of populist nationalism and conflict in European societies will be addressed by engaging new publics and promoting diversity, difference and discursive exchange within communities. The SPACEX consortium consists of 27 partners in 9 EU countries and Palestine.
Objective
Spatial Practices in Art and ArChitecture for Empathetic EXchange (SPACEX) is a transdisciplinary research action that utilises secondments between academic institutions and third sector organisations in order to scope and map European spatial practices. It provides a body of findings that can be easily accessed by commissioning agencies, policy makers and publics through its open source web-site (spacex-rise.eu). SPACEX aims to test, map, analyse, communicate and maximise the ways in which spatial practices in art, architecture and design instigate public exchange and promote empathetic ways of living together in urban space. It responds to the troubling rise of populist nationalism and conflict in European societies by engaging new publics and forging a culture that embraces diversity, difference, and discursive exchange within cities, towns and urban sites. The lack of interdisciplinary knowledge by those working in the cultural sector has significantly affected the way in which the social benefit of cultural activities is understood, articulated and applied. SPACEX proposes that inventing new and inclusive ways of living together, requires the implementation of new transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral practices and methods, that connect spatial practice with cultural sociology, cultural policy, critical pedagogies and behavioural economics. The comprehensive transdisciplinary composition of the SPACEX consortium- 27 partners in 9 EU countries and 1 TC, Palestine – will enable its ERs and ESRs to undertake secondments in a range of world-renowned academic institutions, research institutes, arts organisations, biennials, urban agencies, a film festival and a creative media agency.
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NN1 5PH Northampton
United Kingdom
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Participants (30)
SW7 2EU London
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1678 Nicosia
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D08 Dublin
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1012WX Amsterdam
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CV1 5FB Coventry
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4 Dublin
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SW1P 4RG London
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1102 Nicosia
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41121 Modena
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00100 Helsinki
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157 80 ATHINA
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1010 Wien
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CV1 2FJ Coventry
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NN2 7HG Northampton
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NN1 1DP Northampton
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1011 Nicosia
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D02RD45 Dublin
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3512 PA Utrecht
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1020 Wien
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15234 Athens
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104 34 Athens
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10119 Berlin
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50132 Firenze
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5611 ND Eindhoven
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110 00 Prague
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EC4Y 1DH London
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2514HA Den Haag
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P24 F209 Cobh
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2780-101 Oeiras
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17000 PRAHA 7
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Partners (1)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
91520 BETHLEHEM
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