My research focuses on urban politics in Lima, Peru. In particular, I am interested in how state and civil society actors engage in contentious politics through invited(e.g., participatory mechanisms)and invented spaces (e.g., grassroots and community organizations) at the local scale. Due to COVID-19 related flying restrictions and precautions, I was not able to conduct the fieldwork that I planned for the 2020 summer. However, the CLACLS travel fellowship allowed me to dedicate time to achieve some of my research goals. First, I was able to document the main urban protests from the last decade in Lima. I was also able to identify the main participatory mechanisms that municipalities used before the pandemic-related lockdown measures. This work helped me identifying recurrent types of conflict and actors, which was my second objective. Based on the mapping of protests, participatory mechanisms, and key actors, the next stage of the research will consist of initial interviews through phone or video calls with participants in protests. Furthermore, I will keep track of how protests and of participatory spaces adapt to the post-lockdown period.