The AECED project thrives on collaboration, reflection, and the exploration of democracy-as-becoming. Across different contexts and institutions, our partners engage in building transformative educational practices that enhance democracy through aesthetic and embodied learning (AEL). This blog brings together reflections from three of our six partner institutions. Here, our German, Croatian, and Finnish teams each offer unique insights into how democracy can be reimagined, enacted and nurtured in diverse educational settings. In addition, we share a glimpse into the work put into progress at our most recent consortium meeting, which was hosted beautifully by our AECED Portugal partners at the Universidade Aberta, coordinated by the University of Lapland and led at UAb by Professor Cláudia Neves.

AECED colleague Karine Oganisjana, Riga Technical University, shares her tale of democratic sensibility and transformation inspired by a pomegranate’s journey.

Sharing insights from the AECED project, discussing creative methods and space for exploration, and connecting with the research community at SRHE 2024 .