Light through culture : findings of a two-week intercultural and multidisciplinary workshop on the expression of culture through an interactive light installation

Abstract—In this paper the most important insights are explained that were gained from a two-week Light through Culture workshop in Ankara (TR). In this workshop, cultural insights were used to create an interactive light installation that bridges cultural differences. The process of creating the installation showed important findings, like the essence of actively creating involvement for all team members, the importance of research in context in cultural research and how interactivity is a must in the presentation of cultural research. Apart from explaining these findings, this paper gives tools for making intercultural teamwork contribute to cultural research, and methods to optimize multidisciplinary teamwork in short but intense projects.