At the roots of BelPeyi

Before becoming a think-and-do tank, BelPeyi was a relational stance.

A choice of attention to the world, in the face of the tensions that run through it: openness and withdrawal, creation and chaos, peace and conflict.

An engagement that became a method, a path of creation, and a way of acting.

Working with what is, to open what may emerge

BelPeyi, creolised imaginaries

BelPeyi means “beautiful country” in Martinican Creole.

Rooted in Caribbean imaginaries and inspired by Martinican poet and philosopher Édouard Glissant’s vision of Relation and creolisation, BelPeyi Studio embodies a relational and cultural approach shaped by plurality, dialogue and transformation.

The founding work of our art of Relation

A philosophical fiction currently being edited, this work bridges the intimate and the universal and explores the interdependence between humans, cultures, and nature, through a poetic form of writing that invites a sensitive experience of connection.

Just as none of these trees can rise high without rooting deep, no human can experience true height without first knowing humility.

Adele Guerin

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About the founder

Rural Development Engineer specializing in tropical regions by training, Adèle Guérin has built an international career spanning Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Africa, at the intersection of fieldwork, diplomacy, research, and cultural innovation. Drawing on experiences in Thailand, the Philippines, Peru, Brazil, the Caribbean, and Kenya, her work explores intersocial and intercultural dynamics, collective imaginaries, and the sensitive dimensions of identity-based interactions, where sociocultural divides take shape, with the aim of fostering mutual understanding, reconciliation, and dialogue.

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