Urban music scenes have been significantly studied, both on the demand and supply sides, that is, considering the (sub)cultural practices and identity related aspects that are underneath musical fruition as well as the structuring mechanisms which are inherent to creation and provision of musical-related services. This analysis is particularly interesting on territorial terms, concerning both the spatialization of those social practices and the territorial embedeness of those mechanisms, particularly in areas, in the centre of the city, which constitute themselves as creative milieus, with a particular atmosphere that enables creation, consumption and reputation building mechanisms. This paper proposes to go beyond this, analysing specific music scenes of periurban areas. A diversity of “musical landscapes”, hypothetically configuring semi-structured scenes (at the provision side, or at the consumption-related activities side), can be found in peripheral areas of metropolitan spaces, raising interesting and challenging questions concerning (i) those scenes’ structuring mechanisms, and (ii) the legitimization aspects of “alternative” or non-mainstream segments of the music field. The aim of this paper is to discuss these periurban musical landscapes, through the lens of legitimization and reputation building processes. On a first moment, a set of “periurban musical landscapes” is presented, drawing upon an observation process, based on audio and visual recollection on 6 different spaces of Southern Lisbon Metropolitan Area. On a second moment, an experimental urban intervention developed by the authors in the framework of the KISMIF conference, will confront people with the gatekeeping and legitimization processes, in order to draw some conclusions

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Music scenes; Periurban; Reputation Building; Urban Intervention