From 10 to 15 July 2023, we met in Berlin for the Creative Commune project on the method of citizens’ tribunals on the model of the Russell Tribunal. This model was held in Stockholm in 1967 on the initiative of Bertrand Russell and under the direction of Jean-Paul Sartre to judge the United States for its involvement in the Vietnam War. Reminder of the aim of the Creative Commune project Creative Commune aims to develop practical artistic tools for NGOs and citizen groups in Europe. These tools are based on
The first Creative Commune workshop took place in mid-June at the Museum of Living History in Montreuil. The Transplanisphere brought together all the partners – Compagnie Dies Irae (FR), Association pour l’histoire vivante (FR), CT Cergy Paris Université (FR), ExQuorum (PT), Cofac Cooperativa de Formacao e Animacao Cultural CRL (PT), Teatro Rigodon (IT), Comune di Rocca Sinibalda (IT), Kulturinitiative Förderband (ALL) – around the theme of the common. By coming together we wanted to define the term “common” in a reflective and creative way, combining artistic and historical notions. In