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Project synopsis: In Europe we can find the oldest traces of civilization, not because we are better than those who existed alongside, but because somehow we found in this geographic place the ideal conditions to thrive and above all create human constructions that have become perennial. Not that we had the best ideas, but simply because they were the ones that prevailed, sometimes because they were more reasonable and some other times because of the use of human force. We managed to take way the animal nature and character from humanity and thus began imposing ourselves as a superior being, tearing down everything that already existed and that we had been conquering. In the past, as well as in the present time, there are colonizers and colonized people. It might not be a particularly happy ending story for everyone. We ended up where we are at the time being, though, this is a little further away from the root of it all and more focused on our survival. As a consequence of all this, from the highest values and desires to the most barbaric actions, time is interconnected, constants are cyclical and humanity proceeds in delicate/unsure balance. The aim of this project is to raise questions about our present time, starting off from the past, which we are familiar with and which we know wasn’t successful. Past/memory (after World War II) Based on a historical event (of national or regional dimension) in which democracy and free will were diminished, carry out: • Video interviews (with personalities with political, economic, social responsibilities or even ordinary citizens) who lived through that historic moment; • Graphic, video, plastic, sound research on the art of that time (in its collaborationist and resistance dimension); • Research about material and immaterial heritage. Present Analysis of contemporary time and the way we interpret concepts such as nationalism, homeland and identity. Threats to democracy, human rights, tolerance and Europe as a whole, not forgetting issues such as minorities, migrants and refugees. • Analysis of literary, video, artistic and representational works that pose direct questions to the present time; • Lectures with institutions/organizations (Amnesty International/Universities/NGOs…); • Thematic debates (based on the questions raised by the researched authors) among students from partner countries (online, but also during mobility); Future How do we see Europe in 10/20 years? Speculative work, but equally based on the thoughts and visions of expert and well-known authors. • Research of writers/philosophers/artists who bring up questions for a more or less near future; • Mural for the future of Europe, not forgetting the dimensions of human rights, respect for nature and non-human life