Interarts

European cooperation project that contributes to preserve and transmit, through arts and culture, birth and maternity traditional knowledge and practices as part of European intangible cultural heritage. The project forsees the implementation of different types of participatory activities, such as the birth cafés, round tables, co-creation workshops, etc. in order to make different audiences (mothers and fathers, health workers, migrant womenm and men, artists, etc.) take part in the design of the exhibition by telling their stories, talking about topics related to birth and maternity, creating cultural materials and artworks, thus internalizing relevant information through practice and direct experience.
With the objective to preserve and transmit, through arts and culture, birth and maternity traditional knowledge and practices as part of European intangible cultural heritage, the project will conduct research on traditions, stories, objects and artworks; organize intercultural birth cafés where women can share their experiences; and invite women’s museums and artists to contribute with stories, objects, artworks and information to a travelling interactive exhibition on the topic of birth and maternity in Europe.

With the material collected, the project will design and create this exhibition, which will be held in the 4 target countries. It will strengthen the capacities of and collaboration between women’s museums in Europe to raise awareness on women’s health and sexual and reproductive rights; enhance intercultural dialogue and artistic co-creation around values and practices related to culture, birth and maternity and compare EU and non-EU practices; improve access of different audiences including migrants to European cultural and creative works and intangible cultural heritage. An online virtual catalogue will reach a wider audience. Migrant and women organizations, medical and non-medical professionals, artists, (migrant) women and men will be the main beneficiaries of the project’s activities, which will be adapted to local context and values, taking into account the diversity and richness of European intangible birth cultures.