Culture

Centre Website

18.07.2023

PRIO Centre on Culture, Conflict and Coexistence

The PRIO Centre on Culture, Conflict and Coexistence is a hub for interpretive research on the cultural aspects of violent conflict and peaceful coexistence.

Online Exhibition

18.07.2023

Societal Transformation in Conflict Contexts (TRANSFORM)

When facing war or oppression, what motivates people to take action for social justice? How do small but brave acts of resistance inspire larger transformations and what is the role of storytelling in this? You will find answers in our online exhibition.

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Monday, 21 Jul 2025

Memorial of 22 July 2011 at the government headquarters in Oslo. Photo: PRIO / Marit Moe-Pryce

Commemorating the terrorist attack July 22, 2011: a memorial map from below

Every year since 2011, from the middle of July, survivors, the bereaved, and the rest of Norway prepare for yet another commemoration of the July 22 terror attack.

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Publications
Commentary
Audio & video

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Monday, 21 Jul 2025

Commemorating the terrorist attack July 22, 2011: a memorial map from below

Every year since 2011, from the middle of July, survivors, the bereaved, and the rest of Norway prepare for yet another commemoration of the July 22 terror attack.

Recorded event

Tuesday, 23 Apr 2024 10:45–13:00 UTC+02

'We keep asking the same questions'. Illustration: Reem Al Jeally

01:41:49

Sudan Roundtable: Artistic Creativity and Social Transformations in Times of Political Upheavals

As part of the final conference of the INSPIRE project, we invite you to this engaging roundtable meeting on art and activism in Sudan.

Journal article

2023

Life History Research and the Violence of War: Experiencing Binary Thinking on Pain and Privilege, Being and Knowing

Journal article in Genealogy

Monograph

2023

Creative resistance: The social justice practices of Monirah, Halleh and Diala

Monograph

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Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Star Wars Photoshoot. Photo: Darryl Moran / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0

Why Would Humans Do Anything Boring, Difficult or Dangerous in Star Wars? Science Fiction’s Reluctance to Embrace Its Own Technology.

This blog post contains spoilers for the first series in Andor, and other science fiction shows.

Recorded event

Monday, 22 Apr 2024 10:45–13:00 UTC+02

'Burying Yesterday's Headlines'. Illustration: Chuu Wai

01:38:40

Myanmar Roundtable: Artistic Practices after the Coup

As part of the final conference of the INSPIRE project, we invite you to this engaging roundtable meeting on art and activism in Myanmar.

News

Wednesday, 27 Sep 2023

Diala Brisly and Khalid Shatta painting during Rotterdam Residency. Photo: Cindy Horst

PRIO Co-Hosts Artist Residency Festival Week in Rotterdam

In a two-month residency, a group of international artists and researchers have investigated how creative practice can enable new ways of seeing, relating to and understanding individual and collective experiences of violent conflict and oppression.

Recorded event

Monday, 17 Feb 2025 15:00–16:00 UTC+01

Halleh Ghorashi in conversation on the role of art in times of war, oppression and exile. 05.10.2023. Photo: Melisa Krassenstein

01:07:40

Transforming Society Through Community-Engaged Research: A Conversation with Halleh Ghorashi

This seminar will explore how engaged scholarship can drive meaningful change.

Recorded event

Monday, 11 Dec 2023 15:00–16:00 UTC+01

Recording new Bunuba language songs in Fitzroy Crossing, with Gillian Howell for Tura’s Sound FX project. Photo: Edify Media

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The Power of Voice in Arts-based Dialogues for Justice, Peace, and Intergenerational Healing

Who decides which voices are heard and which stories are told? In this seminar we explore the roles of voice, storytelling, and deep listening as resources for dialogue and peacebuilding.

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Wednesday, 20 Sep 2023

“It’s Been More than 40 Days and Sunday Never Came”

The sentence in the heading is often recalled and reshared by many Sudanese people who had to, and still are, enduring war, suffering, and displacement after the breakout of conflict between two armed forces, the Rapid Support Forces of Lt. Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Daglo (also known as Hemedti), and the ...