Note: All successful contributors will be asked to submit a song track recommendation, which means
something to their personal culture, to add to their Spotify playlist accompanying the publication

FOYER is a place of kinship and celebration for stories and perspectives which use ideas of
culture and heritage to connect us all

Submissions may be related to any of
the following themes and ideas
1. Creative Expression
Cultural expression related to ideas of place
– Creative expression or practice engaging with landscape, ecology, growing, creating
– Creation of products which are tied to a particular geography or natural element connected
to your culture
– Ideas of second generation and TCK creative & cultural activities
– How cultural connections to natural forms and materials inform your artistic practise, home
design, fashion, cooking etc
2. Identity
Personal connection to places
– outdoor relationships with the natural world eg. conservation, cultivation, walking, fishing,
farming, foraging, gardening
– emotional and intellectual connections to nature e.g. connecting ideas of home, lineage,
displacement, memory, belonging, language
– intangible and implicit forms of cultural heritage - e.g. unique local rituals, customs, skills,
legends, lore, spirituality
– the role of specific animals and plants in your cultural connections
– Your view of the natural world created through your own cultural fusion
3. Materials & Forms
The materiality, physical form and functionality of an environment
- emotional/personal/creative connection with local features or distinctive natural phenomena
within your cultural perspective
– working/ritualistic relationships to local land forms, materials or natural resources
– the role of art and local materials in your cultural history
4. Seasons & Occasions
Time, place and seasonality
– Activities and identities tied to the seasonal cycle eg. gardener, farmer, forager, artisan food
producer, chef/home cook, artist
– Records of - or responses to - a place, related to your personal culture, throughout the year
– Seasonal events, customs, ceremonies, behaviours, cultural activities
– How cultural experiences can aid in combating the climate crisis