Local, meet International: New Participatory Methods in the Rural Spaces Exploring a new forms of artistic interplay and an international perspective to engage, empower and work with communities in rural spaces: Rural identity and its challenges; sense of purpose, hopes for the future, rapid migration, to find an innovative way to represent values, concerns and hopes of the community. Tandem Europe 2017-18 Community development Global & Local Participation & Active citizenship Rural identity Coimbra Spessa Community arts Multidisciplinarity Music Performance Elisa Pifferi Artemista Associazione Culturale Spessa, Italy Claire Sivier Raizvanguarda – Associação Cultural Coimbra, Portugal The connection "Local, meet International: New Participatory Methods in the Rural Spaces": a connection between Spessa (Italy) & Coimbra (Portugal) Shared stories