Crafting Pedagogies
of Togetherness
The residency "Crafting Pedagogies of Togetherness" will take place in Paris over 8 days, spread between January (18-20th) and April 2025 (04-07th). This program runs from January to June and includes both in-person and online sessions. You will engage in group experiences exploring the applications of social arts in education. By the end of the program, you will be equipped with practical tools to apply in your work with education and youth.
We will carefully select an intimate group of up to 24 participants from diverse backgrounds. Our selection will be based on the diversity of backgrounds and the potential for growth as organizations, educators, artists, and activists through this program.
Applications closed, Obrigada! Grazie! Merci! Thank you! Gracias! Danke! Kiitos! Takk! Köszönöm! Aitäh! to everyone who applied for the residency in Paris!
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Context | Today we face a number of unprecedented global challenges. In order to respond to these, young adults, youth and children need access to learning opportunities that can support them to engage creatively and behave courageously with others. The Crafting Pedagogies of Togetherness Residency’s main idea is that awareness-based collective creativity starts with the art of being together (Gonçalves & Hayashi, 2023). That is, the quality of our presence, relationships and togetherness is the basis for learning and being creative as a social body. If feeling safe and belonging starts with being present with one another, how might we then cultivate and nurture safe, warm and inclusive spaces of togetherness for everyone?
The program
The Crafting Pedagogies of Togetherness Residency is a welcoming, playful and open co-creative space for testing awareness-based embodied practices, i.e. social arts-based methods that support attentiveness to the body and its experiences as a way of knowing, and embrace learning as a holistic and felt act. The Studio-based Residency investigates an emergent curriculum on togetherness which could be applied in the contexts of formal or informal education, in schools, universities or communities. The curriculum combines Awareness-based Design and Social Presencing Theater—and includes three pedagogical pillars: (I) Being Together, (II) the Aesthetics of Togetherness and (III) Relational Creativity.
Objective: To explore and develop methods for integrating social arts into educational and community contexts, promoting social cohesion and environmental awareness.
Methodology: Through workshops, discussions, visits to cultural spaces, and collaborative activities, participants will work on projects that combine artistic practices with pedagogical goals. The methodology combines Awareness-based Design, Embodied Awareness, Social Arts, Transformative Learning and Phenomenology.
Participants in Crafting Pedagogies of Togetherness are invited to engage as co-creators in a process that emphasises conscious collective creativity and relational exploration. Building on methodologies such as studio-based practices for future-making, participants are expected to contribute with openness, curiosity and a willingness to engage in embodied, experimental and reflective practices. The January gathering will serve as a foundational phase in which participants will collaboratively explore and prototype practices designed to foster togetherness, in preparation for their refinement in April, and future application after the end of the project. Throughout the residency, participants will explore themes such as attuning to relational dynamics, engaging in non-verbal and somatic sense-making, and co-creating creative responses to shared challenges. Situated within an ongoing exploration of collective and relational creativity, the programme asks participants to commit to designing actionable practices and prototypes that resonate in specific contexts, guided by principles of resonance, presence and inclusive co-creation.
Dates:
January, 17-18-20th, 2025:
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17/01/2025: 18:00 - 21:00 Welcome session and dinner
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18/01/2025: 9:00 - 17:00 session + dinner
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19/01/2025: 9:00 - 18:30 session + closing
Location: Life Flowing, 22 avenue de Friedland, 75008 Paris.
Travel and accommodation: Each participant is responsible for their own travel and accommodation.
April, 03-07th, 2025
- 03/04/2025: 18:00 - 21:00 Welcome session and dinner
- 04-06/04/2025: working sessions
- 07/04/2025: departure
Accommodation will be in a residential setting, TBC
Travel: Each participant is responsible for their own travel and accommodation.
*For those taking part in the project n° 2024-1-IT02-KA122-ADU-000211033, travel and accommodation costs will be reimbursed at the end of the project on presentation of proof of expenses, up to a fixed maximum amount. Once we have received your application, you will receive an email with all the specifications.
Educators: Teachers and principals inspiring and supporting inclusive learning through social arts.
Organizations: Institutions promoting social environmental awareness via social arts.
Artists: Creatives addressing complex issues, nurturing body, mind, and heart.
Change-Makers: Leaders driving transformative social and environmental change.
Learners and Youth: Young people passionate about growth and creative solutions for global challenges.
Scientists: Willing to collaborate through creative convergence across disciplines.
Participants should embrace a collective approach to social art, collaborating to develop and implement creative solutions for global challenges and social cohesion.
The Team
Meet our team of internationally renowned experts in social arts and education, dedicated to guiding you through this journey.
Agathe Peltereau-Villeneuve facilitates collective change work through social and embodied arts in the corporate, community and educational sectors. She is a Social Presencing teacher and practitioner, and a Visual Presencing practitioner. Trained in Theory U, she offers creative sensing experiences and journeys that open spaces of resonance, nurture deep dialogues and create conditions for change in groups and systems.
Anne-Sophie Dubanton enables positive change through connecting networks and holding transformative spaces and programs. She builds on her experience of being an entrepreneur, a mindfulness teacher and Theory U facilitator and trainer.
Candice E. Marro is a qualified psychotherapist, craniosacral therapist, certified mindfulness teacher, and author. She has impacted contemplative education for children and teenagers aged 5-18 by co-developing the P.E.A.C.E.® program, a 10-week mindfulness intervention to enhance prosocial skills. Additionally, she promotes regenerative education in higher education, integrating mindfulness and eco-therapy. Marro is the founder of “Méditation Laïque pour l'Éducation” and directs Mindful Education France and Quebec.
Marina Seghetti works at the intersection of capacity building, social art, and outreach. She designs creative spaces that foster collaboration and positive change. As a consultant, trainer, and coach, she guides individuals and organizations in realizing their transformative potential.
Ricardo Dutra is a social designer, researcher and educator working and collaborating in diverse global contexts. He holds a MFA in Transdisciplinary Design from Parsons School of Design, New York, and a PhD in Design for Transformative Education from Monash University, Melbourne. Ricardo is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Art & Media, Aalto University, Finland.
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F.A.Q.
How and where can the results be applied afterwards?
The outcomes of the Crafting Pedagogies of Togetherness residencies are inherently tied to the contexts and practices of the participants. Rather than providing pre-defined projects or settings for application, we aim for participants to converge, integrate and implement their prototyped ideas within their unique environments - be they educational, social, artistic, professional projects and/or training, or community engagement. Participants are encouraged to draw on their experiences and challenges to identify where these approaches can have the greatest impact. To support this, we can provide the infrastructure, mentoring and resources to help them develop, contextualise and refine their projects to ensure they are viable and appropriate to their specific aims and environment. The initiative is based on the principle that meaningful applications will emerge organically from participants' lived realities and professional landscapes.
Why does it matter?
The residency cultivates a set of practices and mindsets that extend beyond technical skills, engaging with the relational, emotional, and creative dimensions of professional work—dimensions that are both transversal and foundational across fields. These aspects are often overlooked in traditional professional training, yet they are critical to fostering deeper connections, meaningful collaboration, and innovative problem-solving. By integrating these elements, participants are empowered to deliver experiences that not only achieve goals efficiently but also transform the individuals and groups they work with, nurturing their capacity to thrive in profound and lasting ways. This matters because it shifts the focus from transactional interactions to transformative engagements, creating ripple effects of growth, trust, and creativity in diverse professional contexts.
What is the link to the external professional and educational world?
The outcomes of the residency align with emerging priorities in education, professional development and community engagement, such as promoting inclusion, fostering creative collaboration and addressing systemic challenges through innovative approaches. Participants leave with skills and tools that enhance their ability to make meaningful contributions in their fields, whether by improving team dynamics, fostering deeper engagement in the classroom, or designing community programmes that promote social and environmental change.
What are the practical benefits for participants?
Participation in the residency offers several tangible and intangible benefits:
- Deepened professional practice: Participants will develop advanced skills in presence, embodied awareness and relational creativity, equipping them to foster collaborative and inclusive environments in their professional contexts.
- Practical strategies and tools: The programme provides practical strategies for integrating the social arts into education, training or community programmes. These strategies are adaptable to different contexts and promote cohesion, creativity and environmental awareness.
- Transformational Frameworks: By engaging with the aesthetics of togetherness and collective creativity, participants will gain frameworks for approaching group dynamics, shared spaces and collaboration in innovative and impactful ways.
- Portfolio Development: Through collaborative group projects, participants will co-create a portfolio that demonstrates how artistic and pedagogical practices can intersect to create meaningful social or educational change. This portfolio can serve as a resource for future application in professional or community-based projects.
- Networking: The residency facilitates connections with a global network of educators, artists and leaders, fostering opportunities for future collaboration and ongoing support.
- Cultivating Reflective Practice: Participants will refine their ability to foster a culture of inquiry, prioritising reflective thinking and dialogue over prescriptive solutions - skills that are invaluable in dynamic professional environments.
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