IWHO Intangible World
Heritage Organization
Independent nonprofit · LuxembourgCulture. Research. Possibility.

Living knowledge.
Shared futures.

A meeting of perspectivesTwo sets of green threads cross and weave into one continuous form: living knowledge, carried forward together. 01 / CULTURAL PRACTICE02 / EMERGING RESEARCHMANY PERSPECTIVES. COMMON GROUND.

IWHO creates spaces where diverse forms of living knowledge can be practised, shared, researched and used to shape the future.

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01 /The vision

Knowledge is a living practice.

What we carry.
What we can create.

Knowledge fades without space to practise it. Technology misses perspectives when too few cultures shape it.

We bring people together to learn by doing, create across disciplines and ask better questions. Our vision is a future shaped by cultural and linguistic diversity.

01

Gather

02

Practise

03

Create

04

Share

05

Learn

02 /Two pillars. One purpose.

From shared heritage
to new possibilities.

An established cultural programme. An emerging research initiative. Both begin with people, participation and the knowledge they hold.

01 / Arts & Culture

Active since 2022

BELONG

Culture, made together.

Learn directly from practitioners. Make a film, share a recipe, build an instrument or find a new rhythm. Turn shared practice into something everyone can experience.

Music &
movement
Film &
sound
Food &
making

Workshops · Co-creation · Residencies · Public festivals
Most activities are free or subsidised and open to the public.

Explore the programme
  • Folk music, percussion, dance and instrument learning.
  • Participatory filmmaking, recording and live sessions.
  • Community Kitchen, instrument making and traditional games.
  • Concerts, screenings and multidisciplinary festivals.
Host or commission BELONG

02 / Science & Technology

In development

MOSAIC

More perspectives. Better AI questions.

A proposed collaborative lab for culturally grounded AI safety research. Bringing languages, lived experience and community perspectives into how AI is tested and understood.

العربيةFrançaisEnglishEspañol…
Cultural context
AI evaluationA participatory approach

Planned for 2027.
Subject to funding and consortium formation.

Explore the research direction
  • Multilingual evaluation of frontier-AI safety and model behaviour.
  • Cultural differences in interpretation, risks and beneficial outcomes.
  • Participatory studies and a proposed public “break the AI” challenge.
  • Open evaluation cases, methods and collaborative research outputs.
Help build the consortium

Across both pillars: respect for knowledge holders, shared benefit and learning through participation.

03 /Impact & scale

A record of shared practice / 2022–2026

Many people.
Something in common.

From the first workshops to multidisciplinary festivals, BELONG has built a growing space for learning and making together.

Participant engagements
2,000+
Artists & practitioners
100+
Countries or cultural traditions
50+
Participant-created documentaries
2

Participation, practitioner and representation figures are cumulative programme estimates. Engagements are not deduplicated counts of unique participants.

Five years of BELONG

From a first gathering to a shared platform.

  1. 2022

    The first gathering

    BELONG launches with workshops, collaboration and public performance.

  2. 2023

    A place to return to

    BELONG Hub establishes a continuing base at Bâtiment 4.

  3. 2024

    Across disciplines

    Film, sound, residencies and making meet in a three-day festival.

  4. 2025

    New rhythms, together

    Recurring learning sessions culminate in a fusion concert.

  5. 2026

    A wider cultural field

    Music, film, food, making and games connect in a two-day festival.

04 /The next chapter is shared.

Make room for
what comes next.

Fund, host, commission or jointly develop an IWHO cultural or research programme. Bring your questions, your community or your vision.

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01

Fund lasting possibilities.

Support cultural programmes, organisational continuity or the development of MOSAIC.

 02

Bring a programme to life.

Host or commission workshops, co-creation, audiovisual production and public festivals.

 03

Ask better questions, together.

Connect research, technology and multilingual communities. Help shape the MOSAIC consortium.