Category: armenia

  • For This Dance I will Take the lead

    “For This Dance I will Take the Lead” is a participatory performance conceptualised by the artist Tellervo Kalleinen in cooperation with the choreographer Tsolak Mlke-Galstyan. The project took place in the Living Room in January 2025 and involved a small group of young Armenians who share the life experience of being too often led by…

  • The research project featured in “Horizonte. Das Schweizer Forschungsmagazin”

    Jörg Scheller spoke with the Swiss National Science Foundation’s magazine about our research in (Central) Eastern Europe: “When people can openly address conflicts and criticise them, then things are generally more peaceful there than elsewhere.” Link to the article

  • The Living Room

    The Living Room is a project to support Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, which was set up in June 2024 and is scheduled to run until July 2026. As part of the activities of our project partner Artasfoundation in Armenia, the Living Room was set up as a central place for collaboration between the researcher Rana…

  • Embodying Transformation Through the Arts

    On May 6th 2024, a case study on Contemporary Art and Peacebuilding in Armenia was presented at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development 2024. In collaboration with the Berghof Foundation and the Centre for Social Change Nepal, we organised the workshop “Embodying Transformation through the Arts”. It aimed at exploring a holistic understanding of social change…