Session 8–Stream of consciousness – arts and culture as discursive spaces for
transformation in the Danube Region
Collegium Hungaricum Vienna, in cooperation with EUSDR Priority Area 3 –
Culture and Tourism

The geographically and socially diverse Danube Region is a perfect place to think
about the future of Earth and humanity.
This workshop shows how cultural projects in the area serve as discursive spaces
for rethinking and future concepts. Arts and culture mediate between science and
common sense, bring actors together, ask questions and sensitise people to the
problems.
Among others, the many European Capitals of Culture in the Danube Region and
some Danube cooperation projects of Interreg or New European Bauhaus are
currently suitable platforms for this future dialogue. But how do we move from
awareness to action? Can art/culture also be helpful here?
• Moderator: Márton Méhes, Director of Collegium Hungaricum Vienna
• Introduction: Irina Cozma, Coordinator EUSDR Priority Area 3 – Culture &
Tourism
• Impulse lecture: Eszter Dávida, KÉK – Hungarian Contemporary Architecture
Centre
• Good practice project: Bad Ischl as a compact example for a platform of change
Christina Jaritsch, Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024, Head of Programme Ecology,
Agriculture & Social Affairs, Head of Evaluation
• Discussants:
Diána Berecz, BALATORIUM project
Rainer Prohaska, Artist
Natália Liholot, Project Officer, Danube Region Programme