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Redefining Paradigms: Participation and Dialogue in Cultural Programming

Joana Henriques (MAAT)

OPEN CLASS
NOVEMBER 12TH OF 2024, 11AM
ROOM 44 OF EP1 – ESAD.CR

We explore the transformative power of artistic and cultural mediation, challenging boundaries between public and art. In this session, we rethink the museum as a space of encounter and transformation, where dialog, participation and co-creation redefine cultural experiences. Through innovative approaches, we reflect on how mediation can generate social impact, promote accessibility and make culture an inclusive and shared force. As Claire Bishop says: “Participatory art reflects the urgency of reimagining society as a space of collaboration and empowerment” (Bishop, Claire. Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship. London: Verso, 2012).

Joana Simões Henriques. She has a degree in Social and Cultural Communication from the Portuguese Catholic University, a specialization in Cultural Communication from LUMSA – Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta, Rome, Italy and a master’s degree in Cultural Management from ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. She has collaborated with the curatorial and collection management department and the art education department of CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; with the management of Galeria Paulo Amaro Contemporary Art; and, since 2010, she has collaborated with the EDP Foundation in the areas of curatorship and educational programming in museums, focusing, since 2016, on the educational programming and public programs of the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), Lisbon. She has also published several texts on contemporary art and cultural programming. She is a member of the Art, Museums and Digital Cultures cluster at IHA / FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and co-founder of the MID network – Museums for Inclusion in Dementia, Portugal. She is interested in research into museums, contemporary art and architecture, cultural mediation and culture as a tool for social and human development, topics on which she has programmed several projects and conferences.