The 10th edition of Access Culture Week will take place from the 17 to 23 June 2024. A week to reflect on what access, inclusion and equity truly. A week to reaffirm the vision of Acesso Cultura, what moves us:

A curious and inclusive society, in which anyone can dream, have opportunities
to participate and be the best they can.

Cultural Communication: more than promotion
Seminar
June 17, 6pm-9pm
Lisbon, Culturgest (Room 2)
With Catarina Medina and Rita Tomás
This seminar focuses on the political role of Communication, its contribution to fulfilling the mission of a cultural organisation and the creation of a relationship with society. How can we expand the themes covered by the programming and what channels and ways do we have at our disposal to explore them, in an accessible and inclusive way?

Reparation of the colonial past: the case of The Netherlands
Online talk
June 18, 10am-11am
With Sofia Lovegrove
Moderation: Paula Cardoso
This talk will present recent and ongoing developments in the Netherlands around the topic of the colonial past and slavery. Emphasis will be placed on the changes that have led to the increasing recognition and visibility of these stories, and the development of different ways of dealing with their legacies in the present.

Censorship in democracy: Why books? And how?
Debate
June 18, 6.30-8pm
Lisbon, Alcântara Library
Free entry
Why books? Why our freedom to read? Why certain themes? What makes a person demand a ban on a book they have never read? How do these attempts to ban books manifest themselves? What fears are there?

Access Culture Awards 2024
Award ceremony
June 19, Marvila Library
6.30 pm | Free entry
We are completing 10 years of Access Culture Awards. We invited Luís Sousa Ferreira to share with us his critical reflection on this initiative. It is with joy and emotion that we also inform you that, from this year onwards, the awards will be named after dancer and performer Mickaella Dantas (1989-2024). Mickaella was a member of the jury in 2014 and also in other editions. She was also a member of Access Culture.

Open doors
Between 17 and 23 June
Cultural organisations open the doors to their backstage. Who works there? And what do they do?