Colloquium – 20 YEARS, MANY VOICES

20 YEARS, MANY VOICES

Colloquium celebrating 20 years of the UNESCO CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS 2005/2025

COLLOQUIUM
JUNE 6TH, 2025
ESAD.CR

The Polytechnic University of Leiria, through its UNESCO Chair in Arts and Culture Management, Cities and Creativity, LiDA – Laboratory for Research in Art and Design and the Master’s Degree in Cultural Management at the School of Arts and Design, together with the UNESCO National Commission and GEPAC – Office for Cultural Strategy, Planning and Evaluation, are organising, in partnership with the Caldas da Rainha City Council, the Impulso Festival and the National Arts Plan, an international colloquium celebrating the 20th anniversary of the CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS, which will take place at the Caldas da Rainha School of Art and Design.

The colloquium’s programme features numerous participants and formats, concerts and performances, presentations of projects, talks with artists and academics, dancing and djing, and is based on several of the convention’s themes, namely ‘Cultural expression and diversity as human rights’, ‘Education for diversity’, ‘Culture for social cohesion’, ‘Originality and plurality of identities’, “Free circulation of ideas, images and words”, “Culture as a tool for democracy, tolerance, social justice, peace and security”, ‘Freedom of thought, expression and information’, “Linguistic diversity”, “Culture as a tool for democracy, tolerance, social justice, peace and security”, “Endangered cultural expressions”, “Traditional wisdom and knowledge systems of indigenous peoples”, “Sustainable development of communities, peoples and nations”, “The status of women in society” and “Intellectual property rights”.

PROGRAMME

ESAD.CR | Auditorium EP1

09h00 – Opening Session
Reading of the preamble to the Convention – Master’s in Cultural Management ESAD.CR/IPLeiria

09h15 – Protocol Session
Speeches: Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (UNESCO/LiDA/ESAD.CR Chair), Cultural Strategy, Planning and Evaluation Office and UNESCO National Commission

09h30 – Introduction
Creative Cities: Municipalities of Caldas da Rainha, Leiria and Óbidos

10h00 – Presentation
Youth Addendum to the Porto Santo Charter – Caldas da Rainha/ Loulé, by Jade Nunes and Pedro Colaço

10h30 – Coffee Break
Rainha D. Leonor Special Education Centre

10h30 – Concert
Orquestra Geração

11h00 – Keynote Speaker
Maria Acaso – Images do. Doing images. Diversity as a key-element in present’s visual culture

13h00 – Free lunch

14h00 – Presentation
The State of Artistic Freedom 2025, by Sverre Peterson | Freemuse

15h00 – Round Table
Filipa Francisco | Projeto A Viagem, Fátima Tomé | Traça – Filmes de Família, Cândido Sobreiro | Língua – Festival de Teatro em Línguas Minoritárias

16h00 – Coffee Break
Rainha D. Leonor Special Education Centre

16h30 – Keynote Speaker
Susan Osideritse Keitumetse | UNESCO Chair on African Heritage Studies and Sustainable Development, University of Botswana – African Indigenous Knowledge, Communities and Heritage

17h30 – Performance
Tristany Mundu

18h00 – Arruada
Bombo Academy

18h30 – Ball
PédeXumbo

19h30 – DJ Set
DJ Danikas

PARALLEL ACTIVITIES 9th June – Open Class
IGAC – Intellectual Property Rights