1. A Monument
to Multiculturalism
Almada
2011-2013
Rethink Participatory Cultural
Citizenship
Panel session 7.2
Art in public spaces
Aarhus, November, 16th 2013

2. Project’s
Territorial and Social Context
Almada’s
Poente
[2004-]
Caparica Civic
Centre
Library
Swimming Pool
Urban Park
Almada’s
Integrated Plan
[1969-]

3. Community Work
Methodologies
FBAUL
CEACT/UAL
(10 voluntaries)
Working Open
Sessions
CM Almada
Casa da Cerca
JF de Caparica

4. Appropriation
and Territory Analysis [22.10.2011]
life experience
expectations
context
inhabitation
operating
concepts
heritage and memory
youth and public
space
interculturality and
school
social diversity and
security
community and site

5. New Perspectives
on Territory [23.11.2011]
new operating
concepts
small
graffiti
vandalism
yellow
white
blue
woodland (trees)

6. Visual Action
Program [26.11.2011]
poetical
narratives
ethnic diversity / rural
memory / river
ethnic diversity / river/ rural
memory
rural memory / diversities/
landscape
ethnic diversity / youth/ rural
memory
landscape/ white/ graffiti
reading the
operating
concepts
Three
Keywords

7. Development of Projects
and Models [10.12.2011]
materialization
of the poetical
narratives
artistic and
technical
supervision

8. Some Examples
of Proposals [10.12.2011]

9. Digest
the Proposals [14.12.2011 – 02.01.2012]
Leveling
Common Language
Equivalent Scales
accentuate Simplification of the
ideias
Poetical qualities

10. Public Presentation
At the City Museum [28.01.2012]
1st Stage
Synthesis
Exhibition “Nas
Margens / In
the clouds”

11. Introducing
colours
Blue
Red
Yellow
Introducing
words
We are
We do
We feel
Presentation
of the Monument’s Project [2.06.2012]

12. Building the Monument
Public Presentation [19.01.2013]
balance Project’s working
process
CMA’s engagement
midterm results

13. Building and
Implementing the Monument
to Multiculturalism

16. THANK YOU
Maria Assunção Gato
DINÂMIA’CET (ISCTE-IUL), magoo@iscte.pt
Filipa Ramalhete
CEACT/UAL |e-GEO/FCSH, framalhete@netcabo.pt
Sérgio Vicente
CIEBA, ateliersergiovicente@gmail.com