This book collects texts presented at the conference “Having a Voice: Peripheries and Participation at the Heart of Cultural Policies” held in Lisbon, Moita and Barreiro during November 2022. “Having a Voice” brought together researchers from two different European projects—“Stronger Peripheries: A Southern Coalition” and “Be SpectACTive!”—with Lisbon’s artistic community to have a broad debate on the most relevant issues concerning participation in the cultural field, particularly focusing on the peripheries. Multiple features of the peripheral condition—geographical, social, and cultural— are discussed, in its aim to bring about cultural diversity and ensure the implementation of effective participative mechanisms as core elements of cultural policies.

AUTHORS: Álvaro Domingues, Ana Rita Alves, André Amálio, Attaher Maïga, Emmanuel Négrier, Gerty Dambury, Hugo Cruz, Marcia Tiburi, Milena Dragićević Šešic, Pedro Costa, Ricardo Venâncio Lopes e Tiago Mota Saraiva.

Peripheries,Participation,Culture,Cultural policies,Southern