A Debates on Europe panel featuring Jan Carson (writer, Northern Ireland), László Földényi (art theorist, literary scholar and essayist, Hungary) and Iryna Vidanava (author and media activist, Belarus)

Moderator: Carl Henrik Fredriksson (Programme Director, Debates on Europe)

Language: English

Art and culture have a unique capacity to both describe and shape shared experience. Even create it. But cultural expression – be it in art, literature or the media – also fulfils a critical, controversial and provocative role in society, representing a corrective to power and a challenge to alleged consensus. What role can art and culture have in bridging divisions and contributing to social cohesion? Should it all be assigned such a task? In a panel discussion spanning European societies characterized by conflict and division – from Northern Ireland in the west, via Hungary, to Belarus in the east – prominent cultural actors and activists speak about the integrative force and critical potential of culture.

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