REACTIK

The overall goal of the REACTIK project is to broaden the field of European integration studies by incorporating the domain of European Cultural Diplomacy (ECD) and European Culture Policy (ECP) in the research and activities of European Study Centers and Academies for Art and Design. The project develops an inter-regional, collaborative academic space to enhance the study of ECD and ECP... Culture and culture policy have always been perceived as a significant national socialization instrument through which countries and nations shape their collective memory, sense of belonging to bring to better social cohesion. From a European perspective, culture plays a crucial role in the European integration process, as cultural assimilation was, and still is, one of the cornerstones enabling the union to perform as a unified social body. In recent years, arts, design and culture have also obtained another role, as they are the forces pushing the "Creative Economy" forward.