All events saw the participation of the citizens and took place in community spaces. The artistic programs revolved around five keywords: include, connect, educate, create and redesign. Each word corresponded to a specific phase of work:

• Mapping: The territory was analyzed to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for dialogue between the different social groups present.
• Networking: Brainstorming sessions were organized on the themes, the proposed European challenge, the available resources in the territory and the strategies to connect them.
• Capacity building: We worked with selected community groups to develop skills, with the goal of producing events, primarily professional-led artistic workshops, wherein the involved groups had a key role.
• The event days: They involved the entire community and were characterized by various dramatic languages and performances, such as parades, shows, projections, interactive visual art events, community dances, musical events, readings and debates, etc.
• Evaluation and planning: After three months of evaluating the experience, during which the impact on the participating groups and the methodological approach of the partners involved were analyzed, participatory redesigning with the community was carried out.

CARAVAN NEXT’S EVENTS

• The theme of the Turin Macro Event was Saving the Beauty. The question chosen for this artistic journey was “what are the beautiful things in your life that you want to save?”
• In Heraklion, Crete, the European challenge concerned the Common European Roots; a reflection on the past of their civilization, one of the oldest in the world
• In Seville, the symbol of the Río sin fronteras Macro Event was the Guadalquivir river, which divides the city in two from the Romani camp El Vacie to the Tolerance Monument. The European challenge was “the inclusion of minorities and lower social classes”
• In Goleniów, Poland, the challenge “identity as a dialogue between differences” was summarized by the event The Human Mosaic, which reinterpreted Pink Floyd’s The Wall, transforming a symbol of division into an expression of unity and hope, with a wall built by the artists and then collectively demolished
• In Amsterdam, ZID Theater used the novel Love in the Time of Cholera as a source of inspiration to invite the public to explore the theme of “talking about love in a time of crisis and separation”
• Other European challenges were “decentralization of culture”, “the welcoming city”, “breaking down barriers for a more equitable society”, “personal freedom”, “transforming society into a more connected society”, “greater involvement of the elderly in society”, “intercultural dialogue and exchange”