BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.2//EN TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1110@map-india.org DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260214T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260214T183000 DTSTAMP:20260210T113904Z URL:https://map-india.org/map-events/inclusion-conference-2026-beyond-head count-diversity/ SUMMARY:Beyond Headcount Diversity - MAP's 3rd Inclusion Conference\, 2026 DESCRIPTION:Click here for the schedule.\nRegistrations for this event are now closed.\nIf we imagine inclusion in the arts and cultural sector as a landscape we have been mapping intuitively—sometimes through deliberatio n and by asking important questions such as: Did we do our best to make ac cess equal for all? Did we push through collaboratively? Did we slow down to listen and evolve? And when did we realise that the map itself needed t o be redrawn?\n\nThe Inclusion Conference has always been MAP’s attempt to ask these questions openly. What began in 2023 as a gathering to think about accessibility in cultural organisations\, has grown into an annual s pace where practitioners\, educators\, activists\, artists\, and community leaders convene to reflect on inclusive practices that shape the art & \; cultural spaces. Not merely as a value\, but also a practice informed b y the unique perspectives of historically marginalised and underrepresente d communities.\n\nYear after year\, MAP’s Inclusion conference has exami ned these questions from different vantage points: First\, through the len s of funding\, then through the systems and structures that enable or rest rict those opportunities. In this third edition\, we turn our attention to measurement not as a checkbox\, but as a way of understanding whether our intentions translate into meaningful change.\n\nTo explore this\, the con ference brings together voices who work at the intersections of justice\, care\, community organising\, and cultural practice:\n- Through fireside c onversations\, we unpack how identities shape our understanding of culture and belonging.\n- Workshops guide participants through nuances of recogni sing unconscious bias\, navigating conflict\, and cinema poster politics o f caste and gender.\n- Case study labs offer a closer look at community-le d art &\; cultural collectives\, accessible practice\, multilingual eng agement\, and grassroots education\, urging us to reflect on what works\, and what must evolve.\n\nThrough the day\, participants are encouraged to question their assumptions and biases\, as well as rethink and reimagine t heir roles. The conference culminates with a performance rooted in lived h istories at the margins\, through a Song of Ghetto by Jangama Collective.\ n\nMAP’s aim is to continuously evolve\, learn and bring forth innovativ e\, inclusive practices. This conference is a gathering of those who belie ve that cultural spaces can be more inclusive\, more imaginative\, and mor e equitable and those who are willing to walk the talk of shaping that fut ure together.\n\nThis year’s MAP’s 3rd Inclusion conference\, Beyond H eadcount Diversity at MAP is supported by:\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\nMA P’s Accessibility Partner \n\n\n\n \;\n\nInclusion Conference 2023\ n\nInclusion Conference 2024 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://map-india.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12 /BHDC_1440X810.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20250214T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR