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The world faces many obstacles to achieving harmonious and sustainable coexistence between living beings. Environmental degradation, conflicts, socio-economic disparities, and individual and collective freedom restrictions are the main obstacles. All of these challenges undermine the ability of our societies to live together in harmony.
Overcoming these obstacles requires collective action, innovative solutions, and a commitment to building a radically more sustainable, inclusive, and peaceful world.
At the same time, we know that there is a powerful medium for living together: MUSIC.
Yet art, particularly music, needs to be considered in education systems because its full potential is not sufficiently and adequately mobilized by those involved in education.
Even though numerous studies have demonstrated that music is a vector for change and living together, this medium is all the more interesting to exploit in education as it is synonymous with interdisciplinarity, conviviality, and inclusiveness.
Resources permitting, the project will be implemented in 3 locations in Côte d’Ivoire, France, and Switzerland. To test the activities, we will specifically target two elementary schools per zone. The choice of locations is linked to the presence of our NGO partners but also to long-term experience, which will facilitate the implementation of the project. Many challenges to living together are specific to these localities, requiring contextualized activities.
Total project duration: 24 months.
With music at its heart, this project has great potential to bring about change, with the ultimate aim of achieving sustainable living together. These changes will impact the way stakeholders in a socially-oriented project are approached, the way the school works, and the surrounding community, which will benefit from the advantages of living together.
