Illustrasjon for Mind the Gap-prosjektet

Inclusion in Action: Book of abstracts

Closing Conference Mind the Gap, Oslo, June 16th 2026.

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Poster presentations

Parallel session 1: Cultural citizenship and creative participation

Parallel session 2: Inclusive designs transforming arts education

Parallel session 3: Expanded approach to the senses – Movement as inclusive practice (WORKSHOP)

Parallel session 4: Weaving social connections – Sharings from dialogical and co-creative projects

Parallel session 5: Perspectives on policy and practice in contexts of marginalization

Parallel session 6: Rethinking art education in formal education

Parallel session 7: Youth voices and inclusive designs (WORKSHOP)

Parallel session 8: Artistic perspectives on co-creation and inclusion

Poster presentations

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Parallel session 1 – Cultural citizenship and creative participation

Room: Studio 1
Four single papers à 15 minutes + roundtable discussion:

Parallel session 2 – Inclusive designs transforming arts education

Room: Lille Scene
Three single papers à 15 minutes + roundtable discussion:

Parallel session 3 – Workshop: Expanded approach to the senses – Movement as inclusive practice

Room: Studio 2
Two workshops à 40 minutes:

Room: Norge
Two roundtable discussions à 40 minutes:

Parallel session 5 – Perspectives on policy and practice in contexts of marginalization

Room: Lille scene
Four single papers à 15 minutes + roundtable discussion:

Parallel session 6 – Rethinking art education in formal education

Room: Studio 1
Four single papers à 15 minutes + roundtable discussion:

Parallel session 7 – Workshop: Youth voices and inclusive designs

Room: Studio 2
Two workshops à 40 minutes:

Parallel session 8 – Artistic perspectives on co-creation and inclusion

Room: Norge
Four single papers à 15 minutes + roundtable discussion:

Inclusion in Action: Book of abstracts

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Poster presentations

Drawing Intersectionality

Open Art: Competence Development and Cultural Festival for Inclusive Participation

Art as Method and Research Arena: Materiality, Mattering, and Belonging in Area-Based Initiatives

From Pilot to Practice: The Relæxt Model

Does difference produce exclusion? If so, can we re-turn the question and look for diversity in togetherness?

Co-creation in urban spaces: Street art as inclusive art education for children

Parallel session 1 – Cultural citizenship and creative participation

Tell those in charge of the museums

How Much Participation Is Enough? Enhancing the Impact of Civic Participation Initiatives in Latvian Formal Education

Cultural citizenship

Rebuilding the Culture of Engagement with the Arts: South Korea’s Two-Decade Experiment in Arts and Culture Education

Parallel session 2 – Inclusive designs transforming arts education

Inclusive Music Practice: Access and Participation

Inclusive music education, playing with eyegaze, switches and touch

From pilot to a new National learning programme: Summer school as a driver for radical inclusion in visual arts education.

Parallel session 3 – Workshop: Expanded approach to the senses – Movement as inclusive practice

Meetings from the deep: Medusa - Lullaby of the Ocean

Learning social skills and emotional competence through 'Spectre Dance’

Parallel session 4 – Weaving social connections – Sharings from dialogical and co-creative projects

dialoguing@rts: Advancing Cultural Literacy for Social Inclusion through Dialogical Arts Education

Giving Voice, Taking Space: Inclusive Co-Creation with Young People at Kilden Performing Arts Centre

Parallel session 5 – Perspectives on policy and practice in contexts of marginalization

"A Different Way of Being": Inclusive Arts Practice and Children’s Cultural Rights in Contexts of Poverty

Closing the gap in Sámi arts and culture and culture dissemination in The Cultural Schoolbag

Intersectionality and Cultural Policies: A Critical Reading of the Programme “Art and Urban Peripheries”

Traffic Light Self-Assessment Tool for UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education

Parallel session 6 – Rethinking art education in formal education

Inclusion, participation and pedagogy; Learning through art in education

Young Art and Future Skills - findings from a research project in secondary schools

Striving for participation in The Cultural Schoolbag

Art for All – Lilli Törnudd’s Inclusive Legacy in Finnish School Art Education

Parallel session 7 – Workshop: Youth voices and inclusive designs

Opening New Dimensions: Making Visual Art Accessible and Exciting for Every Student

Youth Voice in Creative Schools: Using the National Participation Framework to shape The Creative Schools Programme

Parallel session 8 – Artistic perspectives on co-creation and inclusion

Choreographing aesthetical experiences for young people with disabilities

Impro + book = TRUE

Revisiting the History of Idiocy Chapter 1: The unexpected as a creative principle in collective artistic processes

Kompani D - An inclusive dance company