This book examines cultural participation from three different, but interrelated perspectives: participatory art and aesthetics; participatory digital media, an

Media Studies.

The underlying question of this collection of essays focuses on the very core of our democratic culture. It asks how one can actively take part in its political

Cultures, Communities, Identities explores a wide range of cultural strategies to promote participation and empowerment in both First and Third World settings.

The computer and particularly the Internet have been represented as enabling technologies, turning consumers into users and users into producers. The unfolding