Special journal issue on "Rescuing participation" published - Comunicação e Sociedade 36 - English & Portuguese version

((apologies for cross-posting))

Our open access thematic issue on "Rescuing Participation" is now 
available at https://revistacomsoc.pt/issue/view/103.

Edited by Fábio Ribeiro, Ana Melo and myself, it has 10 articles, 
available both in English and Portuguese.

You'll find the table of contents, and a bit more information below. Enjoy!

Nico Carpentier

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THEMATIC JOURNAL ISSUE on Rescuing participation / Resgatar a participação

https://revistacomsoc.pt/issue/view/103

Comunicação e Sociedade
vol. 36 – December 2019
https://revistacomsoc.pt/

A short introduction:
Why is participation relevant? What is meant when the concept is used? 
How can we ensure that participation is used/organized in a responsible 
way? How can it be rendered meaningful in the different spaces of 
society? These may be the most important questions that motivated this 
discussion on the contemporary relevance of participation. The result of 
this long process is a thematic issue entitled “Rescuing participation”, 
which presents 10 articles, available in both Portuguese and English, 
produced by researchers from different latitudes that span the globe. 
Many come from Europe (Belgium, Portugal, United Kingdom, Spain and 
Sweden), but some come from Brazil and Indonesia. These authors present 
their perspectives on what they see as a positive – and pragmatic – 
approach to participation, in a variety of fields, including public 
consultations on environmental issues; participation within the scope of 
cultural policy; participation in elementary schools (as a media 
literacy project); in fiction/drama; and, ultimately, as a way to engage 
underprivileged and marginalized communities. This thematic issue thus 
offers a convincing case, theoretically and analytically embedded, for 
the relevance of participation in the many fields that make up our 
societies.

Volume Editors / Editores Temáticos
Fábio Ribeiro (University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro/CECS, 
University of Minho, Portugal)
Ana Duarte Melo (CECS, University of Minho, Portugal)
Nico Carpentier (Charles University, Czech Republic)

Table of contents:

Introductory note / Nota introdutória
Fábio Ribeiro, Ana Duarte Melo & Nico Carpentier
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2390/2471
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2390/2470

Articles / Artigos temáticos

Rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept / 
Resgatar a participação: para uma crítica sobre o lado oculto do conceito
Nico Carpentier, Ana Duarte Melo & Fábio Ribeiro
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2341/2473
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2341/2472

Participation in a datafied environment: questions about data literacy / 
Participação num ambiente datificado: questões sobre literacia de dados
Miren Gutiérrez
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2342/2475
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2342/2474

Beyond the hindrances: experiences of public consultations and the 
possibility of ethics and relevance in participation / Para além dos 
obstáculos: experiências de consultas públicas e a possibilidade de 
ética e relevância na participação
Maria Fernandes-Jesus, Eunice Castro Seixas & Anabela Carvalho
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2345/2477
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2345/2476

The democratic value of participation in Swedish cultural policy / O 
valor democrático da participação na política cultural sueca
Sofia Lindström Sol
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2346/2479
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2346/2478

Active citizenship and participation through the media: a community 
project focused on pre-school and primary school children
Exercício de cidadania ativa e participação através dos média: um 
projeto comunitário focado em crianças do Pré-escolar e 1º Ciclo
Vítor Tomé, Paula Lopes, Bruno Reis & Carlos Pedro Dias
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2347/2481
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2347/2480

The practice of mediated participation in Indonesian marginalised 
communities / A prática da participação mediada em comunidades 
marginalizadas na Indonésia
Kurniawan Adi Saputro & Bari Paramarta Islam
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2348/2483
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2348/2482

Participation and intangible cultural heritage: a case study of “Tava, 
place of reference for the Guarani people” / Participação e património 
cultural imaterial: o estudo de caso de “Tava, lugar de referência para 
o povo Guarani”
Rodrigo Lacerda
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2349/2485
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2349/2484

Online platforms for citizen participation: meta-synthesis and critical 
analysis of their social and political impacts / Plataformas online de 
participação cidadã: meta-síntese e avaliação crítica de seus impactos 
sociais e políticos
Rose Marie Santini & Hanna Carvalho
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2350/2487
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2350/2486

Meaningful participation via negotiated narratives / Participação 
efetiva com recurso a narrativas negociadas
Anna Zaluczkowska
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2351/2489
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2351/2488

Participation as a talisman: a metaphorical-theoretical reflection about 
the conceptualization of participation / A participação enquanto 
talismã: uma reflexão metafórica e teórica sobre a conceptualização da 
participação
Ignacio Bergillos
Direct link in English: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2352/2491
Direct link in Portuguese: https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/2352/2490



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