Art and Culture as Therapy is one of the pillars in the European partner project Erasmus+ KA220-HED: Inclusive memory. Inclusive Museums for well-being and health through the creation of a new shared memory led by Universita degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena Italy.
The Inclusive Memory project aims at promoting the building of a common shared social memory realised through a museum based social inclusive system, through the link Art-Health-Wellbeing. It is based on the concept which sees museums as teaching and learning environments, and Universities as active social actors, both strengthening their role of cultural integration facilitators.
The role of the University of Iceland, department of Museum studies is: Design of the Pilot-courses to train future museum professionals, social care givers, school teachers and healthcare personnel into the idea of Museums as Inclusive Spaces.
The Universities that collaborate in the project are:
Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia – Modena, Italia
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia – Madrid, Spain
Zètema Progetto Cultura Srl – Rome, Italy.
Universidade Aberta – Lisbon, Portugal
University of Iceland– Reykjavík, Iceland
Inter Alia– Athens, Greece
Institut Catala de la Salut– Barcelona, Spain
