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Irma Borges

Irma Borges

Actress and dramaturge. Is working with Pallapupas, Hospital clowns in the mental health units of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona. 

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When art walks into a hospital

Is art a therapy? From my experience I can say it isn’t. Nevertheless, it does help communication processes, it relaxes the patients, it invites them to evade and also it helps them to meet their inner selves. 

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Reflections and proposals for a respectful approach to the natural environment.

For many older people, digitalization does not simplify daily procedures, but rather adds new obstacles, generating anxiety and worry.

The article highlights volunteering as a driver of active citizenship, democracy, and human rights in Europe. It calls for harmonizing national regulations to advance a common European volunteering policy.