In April, CSN Lab joined partners in Copenhagen to mark the 5th anniversary of the Independent Cultural Organisations Network (ICON×), initiated by the Danish Cultural Institute.
Bringing together cultural actors from across the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries, the gathering reflected five years of sustained collaboration, co-creation, and shared work around cultural dialogue, human rights, and democratic processes.
A key moment was the presentation of Displaced Culture(s), a collective publication examining how migration, displacement, and political transformation reshape cultural ecosystems across the region. The conversations foregrounded culture not only as a field of production, but as a space for engaging disinformation, challenging stereotypes, and sustaining dialogue in complex and shifting contexts.
Alongside the Copenhagen program, CSN Lab also took part in CISU conference in Aarhus, extending exchanges around culture, cooperation, and transnational practices. Conversations explored culture as a force within political and economic systems, its potential to counter disinformation in media discourse and to enable more direct forms of dialogue across postcolonial contexts.
Grateful to contribute to a network grounded in collaboration, co-creation, and critical engagement.
