Culture Action Europe’s podcast Frequencies and Michael Culture Association’s Eucropolis present a special episode, "Elefsinian Mystery | Handle with Care", which  focuses on  the 2023 Beyond the Obvious conference, "Handle with Care | Culture for Social Well-being", co-organized by  Culture Action Europe, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, and the CultureForHealth project. This international get-together invited practitioners, organisations and institutions, policy-makers, thinkers, researchers, activists and artivists from the cultural, social and health sectors working on topics related to care, well-being, health and culture.

This episode focuses on the significance of care as an ethical and political obligation for our societies and the role culture and cultural professionals can play in this. How can culture and participation in the cultural life of communities nourish the sense of social and individual well-being?

Special guests and contributions from:

• Maja Kuzmanović, co-founder of FoAM, a transdisciplinary network working across art, science, nature and everyday life
• Philsan Omar Osman, co-author of Dare to Care: Ecofeminism as a Source of Inspiration
• Angeliki Lampiri, Director of Cultural Training, 2023 Eleusis | European Capital of Culture
• Lars Ebert, Secretary General, Culture Action Europe
• Valeryia Urbanovich,  Club Silencio
• Carmen Valero, Red Noses International
• Georgia Georgiou, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, MuseIT project

Music Credits:
Funk Saviour - Ketsa, Can’t Stop We - Ketsa

Episode produced and hosted by:
Marco Fiore, Michael Culture Association
Maya Weisinger, Culture Action Europe

*Correction: In the intro of the podcast, it is stated that the 2023 Beyond the Obvious conference took place in May 2023.  The conference took place from 6 - 10 June, 2023.