10+1 | Access, participation and cultural democracy: visions and experiences

A publication that brings together our conversations with ten cultural organisations and colleagues with whom we have collaborated in different ways. Their work fuels our thinking about access, participation and cultural democracy in Portugal. They are: Alkântara | D. Maria II National Theatre | Diana Niepce | Joana Lobo Antunes | Materiais Diversos | Museum of Lisbon | National Railway Museum | O Teatrão | Terra Amarela | UMCOLETIVO. +1: Ben Evans, Head of Arts and Disability at the British Council.

10 years x 10 cities x 10 debates

Em 2023, Access Culture organises 10 debates in 10 cities that have welcomed us in these last years. Diverse subjects, which have been chosen by our partners in those cities. Some have already been discussed in the past, others are new.

  • 30.1.2023, Porto | Exhausted teams: why and for whom?
  • 6.2.2023, Castelo Branco | The municipalisation of culture
  • 23.3.2023, Aveiro | Free access and participation
  • 18.4.2023, Torres Novas | Promoting cultural democracy
  • 18.5.2023, Vila Nova de Famalicão | Access and individual and social wellbeing
  • 2.6.2023, Funchal | Participatory projects
  • 19.9.2023, Faro | The decentralisation of culture: what is it and how is it done?
  • 03.10.2023, Covilhã | Municipalization of culture
  • 16.11.2023, Évora | Cultural participation
  • 14.12.2023, Ribeira Grande | What can a civic movement do for culture?

They say about Access Culture

We share on this page the feedback given to us by different people (normally anonymously, via evaluation forms) about the meaning of their contact and acquaintanceship with Access Culture.

How (and when) to talk about disability

A much-needed guide for cultural communication professionals and journanlists.

Pleased to meet you! Encounters between members

Improbable encounters between our members, brief conversations between people of different ages, living in different parts of the country, working in different areas of culture, so that they can get to know each other a bit better.

Mentoring programme

After carrying out a pilot programme in 2022, and the excellent results it brought us, in 2023, the year we are celebrating our 10th anniversary, we present the first edition of our Mentoring Programme, open to members and non-members of Acesso Cultura.