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SAVE THE DATE | 09.09.2025> be there digitally!<\/h1>\n

We are currently putting together this year’s programme: We have chosen the motto Lifelines<\/em><\/strong>, i.e. how life phases and transitions in life can be shaped by art and culture. <\/span><\/p>\n

Look forward to ongoing projects and lively exchange in the context of Healing Culture<\/strong>!Please send your content suggestions by 15.08.2025 by email to aktionstag@healingculture.net<\/span><\/p>\n

What the Healing Culture Network offers<\/h2>\n

Visibility & Systematics<\/h3>\n

We make Healing Culture – <\/strong>projects and the people behind them – visible! The development of a comprehensive project database is planned, so that we can continue to learn from each other.<\/p>\n

Transfer & Training<\/h3>\n

We create knowledge and experience exchange around Healing Culture<\/strong> – locally, nationally and internationally! We develop inspiring interdisciplinary formats for communication, cooperation and training.<\/p>\n

Consulting & Concept<\/h3>\n

We support you in successfully setting up your Healing Culture<\/strong> project – in research and practice, as well as in installing and firmly establish Healing Culture<\/strong> for mainstreaming on a broader scale.<\/p>\n

Healing Culture <\/b><\/h2>\n

Arts and culture have a positive effect on our health – mentally and physically – and thus on our quality of life: singing in a choir or playing a musical instrument, visiting an exhibition or experiencing a theater performance or just being creative: Arts and culture are essential! Not only the Corona pandemic has shown us this. What everyone can experience subjectively can be proven objectively: Numerous scientific studies of renowned institutes around the globe come to the same conclusion: The sensual as well as intellectually stimulating experience favors recovery and health maintenance in the sense of prevention. In a cultural context we can encounter in a new way – in community and ourselves: Healing Culture!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Healing Culture<\/strong> describes a field of action that releases synergies when health care AND culture cooperate. The initiative can come from different angles. Healing Culture<\/strong> refers to a whole ecosystem of different approaches and perspectives and spans a wide range of projects from healthcare (Arts in Health), culture and community (Culture for Health and Wellbeing, Social Prescribing), to research – especially in the context of neuroscience (Neuroarts): Healing Culture<\/strong> has many faces and encompasses the whole field!<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few examples:<\/span><\/p>\n

Healing Culture globally and in Germany<\/b><\/h2>\n

Healing Culture<\/strong> has long been established in many parts of the world, especially in Great Britain, Scandinavia, Spain, North America and Australia, as a complementary and self-evident component of health care. Likewise, cultural institutions rely on Healing Culture<\/strong> as a strategic approach: with the expanded self-image, they become a place of well-being, inspiration and contemplation – resilience and prevention.<\/p>\n

Internationally, expertise in research and practice has been growing rapidly in the context of Healing Culture<\/strong> since the turn of the millennium. Even though its effectiveness is now widely recognized, projects are increasingly being scientifically monitored and evaluated. In this way, we can understand the contexts and practical application possibilities ever more profoundly, identify fields of application and further strengthen acceptance.<\/p>\n

Healing Culture<\/strong> thus brings art and culture into normal everyday life in many places and thus into the center of life. Healing Culture<\/strong> offers valuable potential for the individual as well as for society as a whole – for example, as a social catalyst in the context of social transformation. Healing Culture<\/strong> also pays off in economic terms: a British study from 2019<\/a> determined the Social Return on Investment (SROI) with a factor of 4: Healing Culture pays off!<\/p>\n

Globally, Healing Culture<\/strong> has arrived: In late 2019, the WHO (World Health Organization) published the meta-study “What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review<\/span><\/a>” presented an evaluation of 3,000 scientific studies and founded “The WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts & Health<\/span><\/a>“: Arguably the World’s most important political health organization focuses on Healing Culture<\/strong>. Institutions and organizations in the context of Healing Culture<\/strong> have also been founded on a national and regional level in many parts of the world: As different as their orientation is – they create networking between health care and the cultural sector and strengthen the exchange of knowledge and experience between the professional public as well as politics and civil society.<\/p>\n

In Germany, Healing Culture<\/strong> is currently rather terra incognita and (still) leads a niche existence. There are numerous lighthouse projects, but they lack visibility, often also continuity and professional networking among the actors and with the public. Currently, there are neither contact persons nor contact points for Healing Culture<\/strong>. This is where the Healing Culture Network<\/strong> wants to start and fill this void with life!<\/p>\n

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Now is the time for Healing Culture! The need and the awareness and the benefits have never been greater!<\/p>\n

Insa Schrader<\/strong><\/p>\n

Head and Founder Healing Culture Network<\/a><\/p>\n

Healing Culture Network<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Healing Culture Network<\/strong> is a platform that makes good practice and research visible and connects project participants and interested parties from the professional public and civil society.<\/p>\n

Our vision is to mainstream Healing Culture<\/strong>: in health care and in the community as well as in the context of work and education. We bring Healing Culture<\/strong> into the center – into everyday life!<\/p>\n

We advocate for social acceptance through professionalization and promote and celebrate the passion and verve of Healing Culture<\/strong> activities that are already successfully underway!<\/p>\n

We, that is an interdisciplinary group of experts based in Germany from the fields of culture and health, who advocate for potentials and projects in the context of Healing Culture<\/strong> in this country!<\/p>\n

You are curious about Healing Culture<\/strong> as a strategic approach for your organization, or you are already actively implementing projects in the sense of Healing Culture<\/strong> and are looking for exchange with like-minded people and further partners?<\/span><\/p>\n

Interested in the Healing Culture Network? Please, get in touch and reach out!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Founding members Healing Culture Network<\/h2>\n