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Madane
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Beirut River: Portrait + Injection
Community Activists
Citizen Scientists
— Led by the Creative System Operators Working Group
— in Collaboration with Euromediteranean Economists Assoication in Barcelona
— 1st of January, 2025
This ‘Learning Program’ was developed using the first place award that Studio Madane received in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2024 for 2024’s Best Practice Competition in the Cultural & Creative Industries in Lebanon. Participants will engage in iterative learning modules and hands-on workshops led by CEO Nader Akoum and mentor Ramona Fricke. Each session combines theory with practical application, enabling interns to directly implement their learnings. By the program's end, participants will have mastered the foundational process of building a social enterprise's business model and gained the skills to apply it in real-world scenarios.
About the Learning Programs
— Led by the Youth Politicians Working Group
— in Collaboration with FNF Beirut
— 1st of September, 2024
“Does the absence of a Lebanese collective identity contribute to youth political (dis)engagement?” The research question of the CIP paper is a stepping stone to an extended project that aims to explore the collective Lebanese identity.
— Led by Lebanese artist Nada Sehnaoui
— in Collaboration with the Artists’ & Laborers Working Group
— 5th of August, 2024
Nada Sehnaoui collaborates with the Artists & Laborers working group to design a memorial that commemorates the victims of the criminal double explosion of August 4th, 2020, that has killed more than 200 persons, injured thousands, and destroyed half of the city of Beirut [Amnesty International]. This project came to fruition after earning the consent of the families of the victims.
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— Euro Mediterranean Economists Association at Barcelona, Spain
— 12th to 14th of July, 2024
Studio Madane won the first prize for Lebanon’s Best Practice in the Creative and Cultural Industries in 2024. The process included submitting a detailed application of our identity, process, and achievements. We were selected by the call’s regional committee, followed by a majority public vote, and then an award ceremony where CEO Nader Akoum represented Studio Madane in Barcelona.
Our Competition Entry
— Future Earth Program at Helsinki, Finland
— in Collaboration with Trophica Lab, Bogota
— 12th to 14th of June, 2024
Studio Madane won a participation scholarship in Future Earth’s Summit in Helsinki, Finland, to co-develop practical approaches to the SDGs. Studio Madane’s participation in SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, led to ‘Urban Injections’ 2.0 in collaboration with Trophica Lab’s founder Mateo Villegas. The proposal is currently under grants’ revision.
“Initiatives that support sustainable cities and communities, and prioritize long-term change, must simultaneously focus on Human Systems, Urban Reform, and Social Cohesion.”