‘Radical Intergenerational Wonder!’
Being Human Festival (Bath) 2024
Overview
In this workshop we explored what it means to flourish between and across the generations. How we can nurture ‘spaces of wonder’ that are relevant, exciting and engaging supporting a flourishing future for all.
We used a powerful approach that incorporates World café methods (fun, creative, sense-making activities), philosophical insights and creative artistry to destabilise our conceptions of culture and to encourage intergenerational dialogue, collaboration, and social intelligence for a flourishing cultural sector for the people of Bath & surrounds.
Many thanks to our Being Human: Bath festival hub partners:
Bath Royal Scientific and Literary Institution
Bathscape
This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 7–16 November 2024. Being Human is led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see here.
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Acknowledgements & Thanks!
We would like to sincerely thank the organisers at Being Human Festival 2024 for inviting us to run this wonder-filled workshop as part of the Bath Being Human celebrations 2024… to Dr Rebecca Di Corpio (Project Lead) for your support, and to the wider Bath Spa University Being Human Team and support staff who worked tirelessly in the background throughout.
I would also like to thank my student co-host and co-designer for this event, Ryan Youde, for his dedication and finesse. A huge well done! I hope we work together again…
Also to Rev. Andy Gray from One Gray Dot Illustrations; it wouldn’t have been the same event without you and you really brought your gifts to bear on the day, thank you. I’m incredibly grateful.
Importantly we would like to thank the the FlourishCafé participants, both for allowing us to share these images with the world but also for sharing their insight, wisdom and wonder! May you, your families and your communities continue to flourish!