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Conference: Chaos Theory and the Arts in the Context of Social, Economic and Organizational Development sponsored and co-organised by CSEND (Centre for Socio-EcoNomic Development, Geneva), March 18-21, 2001; John Briggs, pp. 26-29, Pari-Perspectives 2020 Article

F. Duconseille & R. Saner (2020), “ Creative Placemaking for Inclusive Urban Landscapes” Final Version available at The Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, Routledge Publisher This paper contributes to the understanding how urban areas could be made more inclusive and sustainable and support the planning of inclusive human settlements. The main research question […]

CSEND organised a symposium in Seoul on 11th November 2014 under the auspices of the Swiss Embassy in Korea and the DAW International of ETH Zurich at the Museum of Art, Seoul National University; 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul. The title of the CSEND symposium was “Entrepreneurial Undertaking and Social Innovations for a Sustainable Future”. Subsequent […]

Palimpsest Multiplex is a performative installation dedicated to provide a new perception of the public space and to raise awareness of how meaning (particularly in the arts) is constructed through interaction and communication. It shows the spectators that everyday life is a multilayered construct. The concept of Palimpsest Multiplex is based on Raymond Saner’s idea […]

An interactive experiential experiment to engage the art spectators in an aesthetic exchange while going through an art event. A art event conceptualised by Raymond Saner (2005) Details for the concept design, click here

“Raymond Saner made an comparative analysis of the carnival culture in Trinidad and Basle. Both carnival festivities achieve significant economic and cultural performance and share common cultural roots.” Article was originally published in Baslerzeitung in German on 12th March 2011. Article

NEXT- Verein für bildende Kunst- represented by Luise Kloos organized together with the Nomadic University an oasis in Graz which was titled „China goes to Europe”. The cultural policy of China is to create Confucius Institutes (CI) all over Europe and also in Graz. In a series of lectures, experts discussed the historical, aesthetic, cultural, […]

Economic inequalities are not god-given fatalities. They are manufactured every day by human actions resulting in poverty for those excluded from our societies. The production of economic inequalities consists of very specific political and social manipulations, often not easily visible to many of us.We produce economic inequality by structuring our labour markets in such a […]

Interacting with local communities on local perspectives. Each oasis is documented by a series of research reports, publications and/or media productions for comparative and cumulative learning and research initiation on European leadership see: http://www.nurope.eu The Oasis in Zadar, Croatia, was held on 23-26 August. Dr Lichia Yiu and Dr Raymond Saner represented CSEND and contributed to […]

An “Open Space” Process of the EU Cultural Project for Intercultural Dialogue in Graz in October 2008 “Open Space” was a public event during the EU Cultural Project for Intercultural Dialogue in Graz on 12th October 2008. Prof. Raymond Saner facilitated this intercultural dialogue around the theme – Heimat, a German expression for the bounded-ness […]

2007-2008. The project explorer similarities and differences between the carnivals of Trinidad and Basle. It is to shed light on the historical and contemporary artistic and social expressions of carnival in both places Joint project with the Museum der Kulturen (Museum of Cultures), Basle and the Office of International Programs at the University of Konstanz, […]

Slovakia, 5 December 2006 BibliographySabine Näef studied German language and literature as well as romanistics, in Bordeaux, Lausanne and Zürich until the publication of her debut Zeitkippe in 1998. Since then works of lyrics and poetry have been published, such as tagelang möchte ich um diese Ecke biegen and leichter Schwindel. She was awarded several […]

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Prof. Yeh Pei-Gong of the Chinese National Research Institute of Traditional Medicine, accompanied by Dr. Yu Youhua, made a presentation on Chinese Traditional Medicine at the International Conference on Alternative Medicine organised by the Canton St. Gallen (1996). Members of the Swiss medical community and international guests were present. Prof. Yeh also did clinical demonstration […]

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Saner, R. 1976. Buchbesprechungen Replik auf die Kritik . Kunst Nachrichten, 12 (3) März: 82. Article

El Requiem para la Selva Amazonica Op. 10 (1992) for a mixed choir and seven instruments was first performed in Germany in 1993 by Camerata Vocale under the direction of Klaus Braun. Oldrich Halas, of Bolivian and Czech origin, adapted the opera to the Bolivian-Amazon context in 2001. His adaptation of the original Requiem for […]