Designed by PhD researcher and artist Merve Kurt (University of Dundee) and psychologist Şeyma Çeliksoydan, this workshop aims to address social peace not merely as the "absence of conflict," but as a process built on the foundations of a culture of common life, dialogue, equality, and freedom. This work does not limit resistance to organized political action; it opens up for discussion the aesthetic/affective forms of resistance that emerge through memory, language, cultural production, solidarity, and dignity within everyday life. This approach, which directly aligns with the Forum's principles of "a culture of common life, participatory democracy, pluralism, inclusivity, and the socialization of peace," perceives participants as epistemic subjects by offering multiple channels of expression through the method of Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapies (EXA). The aim of the workshop is to collaboratively create a shared creative and artistic "Collective Memory Map" oriented towards counter-knowledge and counter-memory, through thinking and producing together with the participants.
Language: Turkish
Participation: While open to everyone, participation from those interested in any branch of the arts is especially encouraged.
Capacity: 15 people