International Conference “Cultural Renovation”

On 4 November, the Liepāja 2027 international conference “Cultural Renovation” – “All My Relations” will take place at the Lielais dzintars Concert Hall in Liepāja. The third conference will focus on community as a constantly changing set of relationships, with particular emphasis on how art and culture foster belonging, strengthen communities, and shape relationships with place, other people, the landscape, and other forms of life. From 9:00 to 18:30, the conference programme will include presentations, discussions, practical workshops, and a film screening. Participants will include artists, cultural professionals, researchers, and representatives of various communities from Latvia and abroad. Speakers will include social anthropologist and diversity expert Agnese Cimdiņa; architect and programme director of Matera – 2019 European Capital of Culture, Ariane Bieou; artist and researcher and practitioner in children’s participation, Andy Field; health and culture researcher and research assistant at the Institute of Culture and Arts of the Latvian Academy of Culture, Inga Surgunte; artists Krista Burāne and Laura Stašāne; designers Rūta Jumīte and Tīna Alise Drupa; and others. Interpretation into Latvian and English will be provided during the conference. The conference “Cultural Renovation” is supported by the French Institute in Latvia.