IN-PERSON MADRID FOCUS ON PEDAGOGY. SECTION B

Abstract

Anticipating the unprecedented speed and scale of climate mobility in Europe over the next 25 years, the Horizon Europe project INTRACOMP examines the role of arts in education in sustaining social inclusion, diversity and equality during massive social upheavals. Central to this is the development of the CultureComp Framework: a competence framework that evidences how participatory performing arts education can scaffold intercultural and transcultural competence in individuals, groups and systems. In doing so, the CultureComp Framework provides a crucial resource in the development of Cultural Democracy through lifelong learning in Cultural Awareness and Expression, and the growth of adaptive, transilient communities experiencing climate mobility. The CultureComp Framework continues to be developed through a transdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, anticipatory research process, with 13 cultural organizations and tertiary institutions in Norway, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Italy, the UK, Serbia, Slovakia, Greece and Hungary, Aotearoa New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The framework is currently being piloted in early childhood centres, schools, tertiary institutions, socio-cultural organisations and digital learning forums, and will continue to be refined for use in formal and non-formal arts education across the world. This presentation explores the critical theories underpinning the design of the CultureComp Framework, and the anticipatory research methodology that emphasizes the need for a shift in educational research and policy mandates, in the context of globalised polycrises.