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EDART | What Does It Mean to Be Human?<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/culturauc3m.iniciativas-cse.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Banner-web-.png” title_text=”Web banner” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n UC3M joins the <\/span>2026 International Arts Education Week (EDART)<\/strong><\/a>, an initiative promoted as part of the call for proposals by <\/span>UNESCO<\/strong> that calls for raising awareness of the transformative role of art and culture at all stages of education and in all fields of knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n This first edition in Spain is the result of a joint initiative by faculty members from the Schools of Education at the Complutense University, the Autonomous University, and the University of Alcal\u00e1, together with the Madrid Association of Art Teachers, and is supported by cultural and educational organizations throughout the country.<\/span><\/p>\n Under the question <\/span>\u201cWhat does it mean to be human?\u201d<\/i><\/strong>, the 2026 edition aims to create a space for collective reflection through arts and cultural education, addressing fundamental issues such as our relationship with nature, community, technology, and sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n Participation in EDART aligns with UC3M\u2019s vision of placing culture at the center of academic and community life, fostering collaborative networks with museums, cultural institutions, educational centers, and social actors.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”41px” custom_padding=”10px|||20px|false|false” border_width_left=”20px” border_color_left=”#FF00CF” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] On a night like this<\/span><\/i>, text by <\/span>Luisa Josefina Hern\u00e1ndez (Mexico)<\/strong>, is a play that explores the impact of everyday life, personal memory, and human tensions through a poetic and deeply human theatrical language. Performed by the <\/span>UC3M Theater Group<\/strong> and directed by <\/span>Abel Gonzalez Melo<\/strong>, the play offers a sensory and reflective journey that raises questions about identity, presence, and community.<\/span><\/p>\n More information<\/span><\/a> The course is organized by <\/span>UC3M Culture<\/b> and <\/span>Cross Border Project<\/a><\/strong>,<\/a><\/strong> in collaboration with the <\/span>CTIF <\/b>(Regional Center for Innovation and Teacher Training of the Community of Madrid), and is aimed at teachers at public schools in the Community of Madrid. The final performance serves as a platform to showcase the work developed by the participating teachers, highlighting theater and dance as pedagogical tools within educational practice.<\/span><\/p>\n More information<\/span><\/a> The Carlos III University of Madrid Orchestra, conducted by <\/span>Manuel Coves Merino<\/strong>, performs <\/span>*El amor brujo*<\/span><\/i> by <\/span>Manuel de Falla<\/strong>, one of the most iconic works in the 20th-century Spanish repertoire. The performance will feature solo dancers from the <\/span>Spanish National Ballet<\/strong> and a live flamenco singer, blending music, dance, and song into a stage production of great expressive intensity.<\/span><\/p>\n More information<\/span><\/a> The play addresses the events at the Hospital Filtro (Montevideo, 1994), one of the most serious episodes of repression in Uruguayan democracy. Through the language of theater, Mar\u00eda Goiricelaya\u2019s play revisits this event through the lens of memory, ethics, and collective responsibility, confronting the audience with questions that also resonate in the present. Its inclusion in EDART engages directly with the question at the heart of this edition\u2014<\/span>What does it mean to be human?<\/b>\u2014 by raising essential questions about dignity, institutional violence, justice, community, and the role of citizens in the face of political conflicts.<\/span><\/p>\n More information<\/span><\/a> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_tabs active_tab_background_color=”#FF00CF” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|38px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_tab title=”What is EDART?” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n International Arts Education Week<\/strong> was proclaimed by UNESCO<\/strong> in 2011, with the support of InSEA (International Society for Education through Art)<\/strong>, as a call to strengthen the presence of arts education in educational communities around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Its goal is to raise awareness about the role of art as a universal language in holistic human development, intercultural dialogue, social cohesion, and peacebuilding.<\/span><\/p>\n The 2026 edition in Spain was launched as an open, diverse, and decentralized movement that seeks to build networks among schools, universities, museums, cultural institutions, and arts outreach groups.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”What does it mean to be human?” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This is an issue that raises questions from multiple perspectives\u2014scientific, eco-social, technological, ethical, and cultural\u2014<\/em>and invites us to collectively rethink our human condition at a time of profound transformation.Through arts education, we propose to engage in this reflection by examining our relationship with nature and ecosystems, the coexistence of human and non-human communities, ways of learning and transmitting knowledge, as well as the challenges of environmental sustainability, social justice, and technological transformation and their cultural implications.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/h1>\n
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\n UC3M Auditorium \u00b7 Legan\u00e9s Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Final Performance of the \u201cTheater and Education\u201d Course” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]May 12, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong>
\nAuditorium at Carlos III University of Madrid<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n UC3M Auditorium \u00b7 Legan\u00e9s Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nUC3M Auditorium \u00b7 Legan\u00e9s Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Manifesto” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The project is based on a manifesto that emphasizes the importance of arts education as a tool for individual and social development. Among its principles are the defense of access to and participation in culture<\/strong> as a fundamental right, as well as the need to create alliances and networks that strengthen collective intelligence through listening and dialogue.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n