Episode 3: How can art and culture help us imagine a truly cohesive society?

Four members of the Humboldt Residency Programme reflect on the power of art and culture to foster relationships within communities. How do the form and content of artistic expression help people to forge individual and group identities? And how can art give voice to those facing social and political repression? Listen to a conversation between

Amina Atiq, Yemeni-Scouse poet and performance artist, Liverpool

Lea Kuhar, philosopher and sociologist, Ljubljana/Berlin

Mala Pandurang, Professor of English and Principal of BMN College, Mumbai

Cynthia-Miller Idriss, creative lead of the 2022 cohort of the Humboldt Residency Programme and Director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), American University, Washington, D.C.

Moderator: Cynthia-Miller Idriss, Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University (Washington, D.C.)

The podcast episode is part of a four-part series produced and hosted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s 2022 Residency Programme.