TCZ - Cultural Democracy in Contact Zones - Where Does the Contact Zone Live? | Plenary Session

How can Contact Zone practices take root across different sectors and communities? This participatory plenary explores how the approaches developed through Training for the Contact Zone resonate beyond cultural institutions. Contributors from European cultural, educational, and heritage networks reflect on how these practices can strengthen participation, dialogue, and cultural democracy across diverse fields. Facilitator: Roberto Gómez de la Iglesia (Conexiones Improbables) Contributors: Brikena Xhomaqi (Lifelong Learning Platform) Sergio Servellon (Network of European Museum Organisations) Ioana Crugel (Association des centres culturels de rencontre – ACCR) Robert Kieft (European Spaces of Culture at EUNIC) Marco Fiore (Michael Culture Association) Maria Hansen (ELIA) Training for the Contact Zone (TCZ) is a European project dedicated to rethinking adult education, with a special focus on museums and heritage learning. The project’s overarching goal is to strengthen European cohesion by encouraging dialogue and fostering shared cultural understanding. Over the next year, we are developing and test training materials for heritage sector professionals, artists, cultural mediators, staff, and volunteers. https://trainingcontactzone.eu/ * Training for the Contact Zone is co-funded by the European Union within the framework of Erasmus+ Adult Education.