BULB & PLAI TWINNING 03/11/2025
BULB x GreenFeel/PLAI: Exploring Biodesign, Biodiversity & Volunteering During the first week of September, our project partner PLAI hosted Angela Pisani from the creative hub BULB in Gent, Belgium for a week-long exchange exploring biodesign, biodiversity, and community engagement. Day 1 – GreenFeelThe week began with an introduction round where Angela was introduced to the […]
We presented at Bautopia 6 – 27/10/2025
From October 15th until 17th, 2025, Future DiverCities participated in this year’s Culture and Creativity Conference, Bautopia 6, organised by the European Creative Hubs Network with the support of Basis Vinschgau Venosta in Silandro, Italy. Today, cultural and creative structures, especially creative hubs, are navigating a rapidly shifting and increasingly fragile landscape. These spaces, long […]
School of Feral Grounds – 5th Podcast Episode 23/10/2025
MECHANISMS OF PROTECTION : On Rights of Nature with Marjetica Potrč and Sabina Rodrígues Van der Hammen The School of Feral Grounds released its fifth podcast episode! Following the theme of mechanisms of protection, this episode explores how we can safeguard nature’s inherent right to exist and flourish, focusing on the legal framework of the […]
University of Milan & BIOS TWINNING 21/10/2025
Envisioning Future PLEX In September, PLEX in Athens welcomed Paolo, Agata, and Alessandro, architecture students from the University of Milan, as part of a Twinning exchange connecting academic research with the evolving reality of cultural space-making. Their visit coincided with PLEX OPEN PILOT, the very first public forum and an important milestone in the PLEX’ […]
Newsletter #14 – 08/10/2025
News from our Twinning Program An exchange on Common Challenges, Communities Participation and European Capitals of Culture As part of the Future DiverCities Twinning Program, Natália Melo from _ARTERIA_LAB (Évora, Portugal) and the Municipality of Liepāja (Latvia) came together to explore shared challenges and opportunities ahead of their roles as European Capitals of Culture in […]
[PROSTOR] & LAMA TWINNING 03/10/2025
Rethinking Spaces and Places through Art From 11th-15th September 2025, curator and co-founder of Culture Hub Croatia Jasmina Saric visited LAMA’s new art residency A dimora, located in the Montagna Fiorentina. The exchange aimed to investigate the idea of rethinking spaces and places through relational and generative mechanisms, leveraging the role of artists as key […]
ARTERIA_Lab & Municipality of Liepaja TWINNING 02/10/2025
An exchange on Common Challenges, Communities Participation and European Capitals of Culture As part of the Future DiverCities Twinning Programme, Natália Melo from _ARTERIA_LAB at the University of Évora visited the municipality of Liepaja. A bit of context _ARTERIA_LAB is a creative laboratory at the University of Évora in Portugal, working at the intersection of […]
Newsletter #13 – 09/09/2025
News from Savonia University: Upcoming Online Course Do you want to anticipate future impacts and drive sustainable change? Within the Future DiverCities project, we have developed and tested a practical process that supports strategic steps in development work. In this online course, you’ll have the opportunity to apply the Prospective Impact Assessment Process (PIAP) to a real […]
La Friche | CHRONIQUES & AKS TWINNING 08/09/2025
Reclaim the NEBourhoods As part of the Future DiverCities Twinning Programme, the Ankara-based creative hub Aks visited La Friche la belle de Mai & CHRONIQUES in Marseille to exchange practices and explore new ways of reclaiming urban spaces through creativity. Bringing placemaking into a new context: Motivated by their vision to connect cultural innovation with […]
Newsletter #12 – 08/07/2025
NEWS FROM A dimora The A dimora residency has reached its halfway point The artists of A dimora 2025 are continuing their research in Londa, Florence. Between collaborations with local artisans, searches through old video archives, and countless preparatory sketches and drawings, the artists will soon begin producing the works that will be presented during […]
