Is the artistic link the last link that subsists in a conflict situation between different cultures, nations or ethnic groups? What are the risks of the instrumentalisation of art in conflicts? What kind of relationships do artists have with nationalism? What analyses and conclusions can be drawn from observing Northern Ireland, the war in ex-Yugoslavia, the Lebanese situation?
with
Johan Galtung sociologist and writer
Álvaro Gil-Robles jurist
Rabih Mroué playwright, actor and director
Petna Ndaliko Katondolo film maker, director of Goma Cultural Centre (North-Kivu, RDC)
Robert Palmer director of Culture and Cultural & Natural Heritage at the Council of Europe
Jani Sever founder and editor in chief of Vest.si
moderated by Arnaud Laporte