1 Rethinking Collaborative Public Art: Agents and values in the Monument to Multiculturalism in Almada, Portugal Filipa Ramalhete 1 , Maria Assunção Gato 2 , Gerbert Verheij 3 , Sérgio Vicente 4 Short Abstract What are the advantages of having a collaborative process instead of a single authorship to build a public monument? Is the result really a reflection of the ĐoŵŵuŶities ǀalues? Hoǁ do the ǀarious ageŶts iŶteraĐt? This paper foĐuses oŶ a collaborative art process in Portugal. Long Abstract Collaborative public art processes have recently led to interesting experiences and results in some European cities. In Portugal, and as far as we know, unique case-study of collaborative public art was developed, having the Barcelona experiences as reference, combined with the use of methodologies for the promotion of public participation in regional planning. This case-study consists in the conception of a three piece monument built through a public art collaborative process in Almada, Portugal, between 2011 and 2013. This collaborative process involved several agents – the ŵuŶiĐipalitLJ, the edžperts teaŵ including sculptors and anthropologists, local associations and inhabitants – and was based on a sequential and progressive working methodology, through a dynamic and iterative process in which territory and community were the basic stones for the ŵoŶuŵeŶts ĐoŶĐeptioŶ. CurreŶtlLJ, this edžperieŶĐe is aďout to be evaluated and this presentation intends to proceed with some preliminary reflections. 1 e-GEO – Centro de Estudos de Geografia e Planeamento Regional, Universidade Nova de Lisboa/ CEACT/UAL – Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura, Cidade e Território da Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, framalhete@netcabo.pt. 2 DINÂMIA’CET _ Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE/IUL), magoo@iscte.pt. 3 CIEBA – Centro de Estudos em Belas Artes, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa / CR-Polis, Universitat de Barcelona, gerbertverheij@vfemail.net. 4 CIEBA – Centro de Estudos em Belas Artes, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, ateliersergiovicente@gmail.com.