Network. Change. Shape. Cultural education meets social work.
Practical symposium at the Francke Foundations
On 18 and 19 September 2025, the Francke Foundations are hosting a symposium that will address the exciting intersection of cultural education and social work in practice. In the context of socially relevant issues such as value orientation, attitudes, educational equity and democratic participation, the conference will examine both the experiences and the obstacles to successfully combining these two areas.
The practical symposium offers professionals from the fields of cultural education and social work from all over Germany the opportunity to exchange ideas in proven and new formats. International impulses and scientific expertise will enrich the symposium and discuss new perspectives on the current challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinarity and networking in this field.
The perspective on and from the interface is central to us; we want to discuss areas of tension, boundaries, participation and access, and enable new spaces for thought. The practical symposium also provides an opportunity to network across Germany and to learn about and experience practical innovative methods from the interface.
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE:
Take part in the practical conference as a participant!
REGISTRATION until 18 AUGUST 2025
You are cordially invited to participate and contribute your project, discussion questions, controversial topics, etc. to the practical symposium. Please send the completed document (pdf) to fachtagung(at)francke-halle.de by 18 August 2025.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Participation in the symposium is free of charge.
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 09/18/2025
Cultural Education and Social Work in Action
From 9:30 a.m. Arrival
10:30–12:00 p.m. Welcome
Introductory lecture: Cultural Education and Social Work – Different Goals, Fruitful Synergies
Prof. Dr. Vanessa-Isabelle Reinwand-Weiss (Federal Academy for Cultural Education Wolfenbüttel)
12:30-01:45 p.m. Lunch break
01:45-02:30 p.m. Guided tours of the Francke Foundations
03:00-05:00 p.m. Practical Workshops I
The potential of cultural education in the participatory development of protection concepts
Lina Fabienne Richter, Annina Hessel (Federal Association for Cultural Education for Children and Young People)
Art, children, animated films: a workshop for creative educational work
Jenny Schmiedel (programme director at MUS-E), Rubén González (artist)
Virtual reality: conquering spaces with open brush
Nadia Boltes, Katharina Remiorz (Service Centre for Digital Cultural Education of the State Association for Cultural Education for Children and Young People in Saxony-Anhalt)
Discovering city stories and corners
Ina Treihse, Franziska Dusch (Freiraumgalerie/Collective for Spatial Development)
Rap Workshop Classic
Christian Weirich (Rap macht Schule)
dis/connected bodies – Workshop on contemporary dance in cultural education
Franziska Massa (Bürgerstiftung Halle, choreographer/dance teacher), Be van Vark (artistic director, Tänzer* ohne Grenzen)
Inventing, implementing and conducting a scavenger hunt with the Actionbound app
Olaf Brandt (Passage 13)
Sustainable nutrition
Undine Günther (Kinderbauernhof Halle)
DJ workshop
Joerg Schnurre (graffiti artist), Max Biner (DJ from NEWKID e.V.)
Creativity moves – art connects, culture is not a privilege, it is a human right
Sanja Zivo
06:00-09:00 p.m. Evening of dialogue – conversations, encounters, networking
Friday, 09/19/2025
Access, participation, responsibility – shaping challenges together
From 08:30 a.m. Arrival
9:00-11:00 a.m. Theoretical impulses and debates
Unequal access to cultural education and social work
Prof. Dr. Johanna Mierendorff (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Thinking about the space in between – Why framework conditions are crucial in cultural work – and are often overlooked
Johanna Bastian (Head of Music Education, RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin)
Cultural youth education in rural regions
Dr. Frank Tillmann (German Youth Institute)
Give up power! Participation in cultural education through cooperation with (cultural) child and youth work
Joanna Sinoplu (Cultural Education NRW and Academy of Cultural Education of the Federal Government and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia)
AI as a bridge between language and language barriers at the interface of cultural education and social work: potentials and challenges
Luisa Baum (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Centre for Continuing Education)
Shared spaces, shared responsibility? Protection concepts at the interface between cultural education and social work
Lina Fabienne Richter, Annina Hessel (Federal Association for Cultural Education for Children and Young People)
11:30-01:00 p.m. Lunch break
01:00-03:00 p.m. Practical workshops II
Workshop on inclusion and bullying
Saskia Neuthe (Theater Thikwa)
Virtual reality: conquering spaces with open brush
Nadia Boltes, Katharina Remiorz (Service Centre for Digital Cultural Education of the State Association for Cultural Education of Children and Young People in Saxony-Anhalt)
Discovering city stories and corners
Ina Treihse (Freiraumgalerie/Collective for Spatial Development)
dis/connected bodies – workshop on contemporary dance in cultural education
Franziska Massa (Halle Community Foundation), Alina Hausmann (dance teacher)
Art, children, animated films: a workshop for creative educational work
Jenny Schmiedel (programme director at MUS-E), Rubén González, artist
Inventing, implementing and conducting a scavenger hunt with the Actionbound app
Olaf Brandt (Passage 13)
DJ workshop
Joerg Schnurre (graffiti artist), Max Biner (DJ from NEWKID e.V.)
We make the internet the way we like it
Hackathon for Youth
Human dignity meets AI and art in cultural education
Sanja Zivo
Sustainable nutrition
Undine Günther (Children's Farm Halle)
Community Music in Theory and Practice
Marleen Kiesel, Matt Robinson (Paper Lantern Collective)
Artistic Work at the Interface with Local Communities
Monika Ursula Junker
03:30-04:30 p.m. Joint conclusion and reflection, moderated by Axel Watzke (studiovorort)
