Grassroots initiatives

Kuvaus

At the embroidery event, women from Grandma Came to Work and the Citizens Xelerator Action Laboratory shared experiences and learned new skills. Launched in 2023, the Citizens Xelerator project promotes civic literacy and social empathy among adults. Photo: Citizens Xelerator.

Fostering civic engagement: Citizens Xelerator in Portugal

As Portugal faces declining support for adult education, initiatives like Citizens Xelerator are more crucial than ever. In Lisbon, women from the association Grandma Came to Work and Citizens Xelerator explored embroidery while developing civic skills and social connections.

16.10.2025 Sara Pasino

Architect Maria Glionna focuses on “putting everything upside down”: starting with the community and doing the construction and design together with them. Photo: Aleksandra Kozyra.

New perspectives

Collective practices: Inclusion in public spaces

Who has the power to create public spaces? Educators and architects reveal how empty, abandoned spaces can be filled with life and what popular education has to do with it.

27.09.2024 Aleksandra Kozyra