Coordinators:
Paula Abreu ( FEUC)
José Soares Neves (ISCTE-IUL, CIES-IUL)
Susana Januário (ISUP)
In a social context marked by interconnected crises—environmental, health, economic, geopolitical, and crises of trust in science and institutions—by the worsening of various forms of inequality and vulnerability, by rapid and profound technological transformations, and by political tensions and populism that undermine the proper functioning of democracies, the Art, Culture, and Communication Thematic Section of the Portuguese Sociological Association invites discussion on how sociology has contributed to the knowledge, debate, policies, and movements that have been (re)shaping contemporary artistic, cultural, and communicational worlds, the experiences of their professionals, and the diverse institutional contexts, networks, and audiences.
Where do art, culture, and communication stand in the context of these crises, inequalities, transformations, and tensions? In what ways and in which fields do markets and public policies respond to them? And how are the modes of production, consumption, and distribution of artistic, cultural, and communicational products affected by these conditions? What is the role of sociological knowledge in understanding these dynamics? How do the theoretical and methodological tools of sociology enable the leveraging of participatory knowledge-production processes, through co-creation, by mobilizing institutions and organizations, professionals, participants, and consumers from the worlds of art, culture, heritage, and communication—as well as other fields of knowledge—to engage in dynamics of social transformation?
In this regard, we invite the submission of proposals that reflect on this relationship in a context of great uncertainty in democratic societies, particularly with regard to the following topics:
- Public policies for culture and communication
- Inequalities in access to culture
- Freedom of creation and expression
- (De)colonization of heritage, the arts, and culture
- Democratization of culture and cultural democracy
- Diversity and cultural rights
- Participation in the arts and culture
- Cultural hierarchies
- Art, culture, and sustainability
- Artistic and cultural activism
- Art, culture, and territories
- Communication and social media
- Media literacy
- Digitization and new forms of unequal access
- Communication, social responsibility, and pluralism
- Communication, Discourse, and Development
- Network journalism
- Transformations in the communication sector
- Cultural and artistic organizations\
- Third-sector organizations in communication, culture, and the arts
- Professional practices of journalists
- Professions in the arts and culture sectors
We invite you to submit proposals for research summaries located in academic and non-academic contexts in response to this call for proposals.
Proposals, in addition to theoretical essays, must be formulated presenting their theoretical framework, objectives, methodologies used, results and conclusions.
Professional contributions can take the form of experience reports, including context, objectives, actors involved, methodologies, activities developed, and key learnings.
Proposals must be submitted via the personal area by the deadline specified in the submission guidelines.
Proposals may be submitted in Portuguese, English, Spanish or French.
The maximum length of the abstract is 2,500 characters (excluding spaces).
Evaluation will consider the clarity of objectives, methodological adequacy, relevance of results, and the overall quality of the proposal.
The Congress will take place in person at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Algarve, in Faro, from 23 to 25 March 2027, and may include online sessions on 22 March. At the time of submission, authors must indicate whether they intend to participate in person or online.
All the authors will be invited to submit the full papers for publication in the Congress Proceedings.
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