My name is Emmy Wassén. I am 27 years old from Sweden, where I completed a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts with a focus on philosophy at the University of Gothenburg. My education has been interdisciplinary, and that approach continues to shape how I think and work. I am a writer, translator and gardener, and my interests move between ecology, literature, philosophy and cultivation. Rather than separating intellectual and manual work, I am interested in how thinking and growing can inform one another.
Over the past years I have lived in different countries, including Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. My main professional focus is creative non-fiction and essay writing and as a translator, I work between Swedish, English, Portuguese and Spanish. Each language is a new lens with which I can see the world. As a gardener, I am drawn to slow processes, seasonality and the practical realities of working with soil and food systems. Increasingly, these strands have begun to converge into a broader vision.
In the long term, I want to establish an agri-cultural space in Gothenburg, Sweden—a place that combines small-scale agriculture, workshops and community gatherings. I imagine it as a space where cultivation and culture meet: where food, ideas and dialogue are grown side by side. To build something like this, I need practical experience of how such initiatives are shaped in reality, beyond theory or imagination.
I decided to participate in Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs out of curiosity and a strong desire to learn through practice. The opportunity to spend time abroad in a rural context felt important to me, especially in a place where agriculture and cultural work are closely connected. Staying at Providenza in Corsica allows me to learn directly from an existing project that brings these elements together. I am here specifically to observe, participate and understand how such a space functions on a daily basis.
Providenza is located on an old chestnut orchard, an area now marked by rural depopulation and ecological fragility. Being here means engaging with a landscape that carries both memory and uncertainty. Through daily agricultural work and involvement in the rhythm of the place, I am learning what long-term commitment to land and community looks like in practice.
I believe this experience will contribute deeply to both my human and professional growth. It strengthens my practical skills, expands my understanding of land-based initiatives, and gives me a more grounded sense of what it takes to create a sustainable space. Most importantly, it helps me move from vision to embodied knowledge — an essential step if I want to establish my own agri-cultural project in the future.