The conference “having a voice: Peripheries and participation at the heart of cultural policies” brought together in Lisbon researchers from two different European projects – “Stronger Peripheries: A Southern Coalition” and “Be SpectACTive!” – with Lisbon’s artistic community, for a wide debate on the most relevant issues concerning participation in the cultural field, with particular focus in the context of the peripheries.
The Book of Proceedings, the publication that gathers several of the presentations made and shares the experience, is now freely available HERE! It includes ideas and approaches by Marcia Tiburi, Hugo Cruz, Attaher Maiga, Gerty Dambury and many more. As the coordinators Pedro Costa and Ricardo Venâncio Lopes put it, “this book challenges us to be permanently aware of power relations and structural tensions to recognize the cultural diversity of communities and territories and ensure they have a voice in cultural policies.”