9th September 2024
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa | Room B112.D (next to the Library) 
Organized by teatromosca

In person or e via ZOOM
Live translation to English and Portuguese Sign Language
Registration via the link

The global upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with unprecedented challenges. As the world transitions into a post-pandemic era, the need for artistic institutions to reconnect and reinvent their relationships with local communities has been utterly urgent. During the pandemic crisis, in March 2021, teatromosca organized the first JORNADAS DE REFLEXÃO – Cultura(s) Alicerçada(s) / ONLINE TALKS – CULTURE(S) GROUNDWORKS, where, over the course of three days, a panel of renowned national and international guest speakers discussed “The Value of Culture(s)”, “Cultural Spaces, Networks and Audiences” and “Investment(s) in Culture and Working Conditions”.

The aim is now to organize a new conference which, over the course of a single day in September 2024, will bring together artists, cultural managers, politicians, programmers, critics, and researchers, as well as other members of the community, with the aim of exploring innovative strategies that will allow artistic organizations (and their different partners) to redefine their roles and relevance in the aftermath of the pandemic. How can cultural and artistic organizations mirror the diversity of the places in which they are based and become welcoming and inclusive meeting places for as many audience members as possible?

The conference is aimed at cultural managers, artists, educators, community managers and other people interested in what we can perceive as the transformative power of the arts in community development. It will be held during the period of the MUSCARIUM#10 festival and will also seek to establish bridges and links between the various artists who will be in residence and who will be presenting their work there.

In the morning there will be talks, where reflections and visions for the future of the performing arts will be shared. During lunch, the aim will be to promote connections, exchanges of ideas and possible collaborations between the various participants. In the afternoon, cases will be presented from various national and international artistic organizations and projects, where experiences and strategies that can stimulate collaborative thinking will be presented and discussed. It should serve as a catalyst for tangible action, enabling arts organizations, artists and other cultural (and other) agents to adopt innovative approaches, forge deeper connections with the community(ies) and reposition themselves as vibrant centers of cultural vitality and social change in the post-pandemic landscape.

More information on the 2021 Talks here.

The 2nd edition of JORNADAS DE REFLEXÃO – Cultura(s) Alicerçada(s) is organised in partnership with CET – Centro de Estudos de Teatro da Universidade de Lisboa.

The biographies of the keynote speakers are available here.