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The conference “Peripheral Connections: Youth Creativity and Public Policies” takes place at Iscte, Lisbon and at Ponto Kultural, in Mem Martins, on the 25th and 26th of June 2026, proposing a space for interdisciplinary debate on the relationships between youth creativity, urban cultures and public policies, with special attention to the experiences and cultural practices of young people living in urban peripheral territories.
The meeting aims to promote dialogue between researchers, artists, cultural agents, political decision-makers and civil society organizations, exploring the role of art and creativity in producing new forms of citizenship, participation and representation of territories.
Topics will be addressed by working groups across three axes:
Registration for the conference is free.
The conference is organized within the scope of the project Peripheral Creativity: youth, art and public policies in segregated territories – PERICREATIVITY, financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), and has the collaboration of several academic and cultural institutions, including the Iscte, the University of Porto, the New University of Lisbon and the Ponto Kultural.
The organizing committee of the Conference includes: Otávio Raposo (Iscte and CIES-Iscte), Lígia Ferro (FLUP and ISUP), Pedro Varela (Iscte and CIES-Iscte), Beatriz Lacerda (FLUP and ISUP) and Mateus Sadock (Iscte and CIES-Iscte)
