Themes

Seven themes have linked the events since 2020. Each brings together the people concerned, caregivers, artists and organisations.

• Recovering and healing2 eventsHow can people experiencing psychological vulnerability regain their dignity and escape exclusion?
• Our nature in health4 eventsPlanetary health helps us understand the effect of our lifestyles on the environment, so as to restore our bond with nature.
• Ethics and beauty3 eventsHow can we heal the patient–caregiver relationship? Narrative medicine invites us to rethink consultations in which only 85 seconds are devoted to listening. It also proposes reflecting together on inequalities within institutions.
• Therapy through the arts7 eventsArt allows us to express our inner world, to value our resources and to take an active part in living together. A variety of workshops, no prerequisites. We will also stage three situations to explore how to combat exhaustion and harassment, and preserve patients' rights and our freedoms.
• Law serving the collective3 eventsOur health improves when we take part in shaping the rules that affect us. Legislative theatre invites us to create laws through staging.
• Circles of commoning2 eventsA circle means taking time (90 min) with neighbours, colleagues or strangers to take care of oneself and of others. Each circle can have its own colour: active listening, family caregivers, art hive, meditation, etc.
• Being masters of technology5 eventsSix out of ten people have no access to medical care. Co-created, freely reproducible technologies save millions of lives and limit conflicts of interest. Examples: hand sanitiser, Wikipedia medicine, open-source imaging, etc. What if this became the norm?

Texts taken from the festival database.