With Concepts Of Participation Discussed In Multiple Disciplines From Media Studies To Anthropology, From Political Sciences To Sociology, The First Issue Of The New Yearbook History Of Intellectual Culture (hic) Dedicates A Thematic Section To The Way Knowledge Can And Arguably Must Be Conceptualized As Participatory. Introducing And Exploring Participatory Knowledge, The Volume Aims To Draw Attention To The Potential Of Looking At Knowledge Formation And Circulation Through A New Lens And To Open A Dialogue About How And What Concepts And Theories Of Participation Can Contribute To The History Of Knowledge. By Asking Who Gets To Participate In Defining What Counts As Knowledge And In Deciding Whose Knowledge Is Circulated, Modes Of Participation Enter Into The Examination Of Knowledge On Various Levels And Within Multiple Cultural Contexts.