Mozambican researchers from the Cultures Past & Present Project carry out exchange programs in Portugal

Researchers from the Cultures Past & Present project and PhD students in Language, Culture and Society at the University of Zambezi, Mozambique, Armindo Armando, Augusto Alberto and Marlene Vanessa M. Jamal, are in Portugal developing a scientific exchange at the University of Minho.

The exchange is carried out within the scope of the partnership between the Zambezi University and the University of Minho, through a Cooperation Agreement between the two universities, which coordinate the Doctoral Program in Language, Culture and Society, at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH ), from UniZambeze. The researchers are attending classes for the Doctorate in Cultural Studies, at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho. The exchange will last for six months.

The researchers Augusto Alberto, Marlene Jamal and Armindo Armando at the Institute of Social Science – University of Minho, Braga -Portugal

The investigation of both have themes related to the research lines of the Cultures Past & Present project, and the researchers emphasize their contribution to training, as Armindo Armando points out: “the integration in the activities consolidates intercultural and academic relationships. I believe it is crucial for training and quality, it gives us space to receive feedback on ongoing research and from different perspectives”. Augusto Alberto adds that he hopes to have academic guidance and to enrich his thesis with experience. For Marlene, it is challenging to be in Portugal, as there are different work dynamics, at the same time as it is an opportunity to focus on the thesis, have access to the bibliography, contact with professors and researchers, “I hope to learn a lot, join the team of researchers, look at the research itself in a different way. It is an innovative experience and I hope to bring diverse knowledge to my country and gather as much information as possible.”.

In addition to the PhD classes, researchers have participated in scientific events, meetings and other activities of the research project Cultures Past & Present. They have already presented their work at the VIII Doctoral Journeys in Communication and Cultural Studies, organized by the Center for Communication and Society Studies (CECS), at the University of Minho, at the Seminar History, Media and Education: action research in Mozambique and Portugal, a joint organization of the Permanent Seminar on Research and Community and the Permanent Seminar on Communication and Diversity, of CECS, and of the VII International Congress of Cultures, organized by the International Network of Studies on Cultures and in December, Armando and Alberto will present communication at the International Colloquium Arts, Leisure and Tourism: dialogues of restlessness, at the University of Aveiro.

Professor Rosa Cabecinhas with the reasearchers Augusto Alberto, Marlene Jamal and Armindo Armando under the Doctoral Journeys

In his PhD in Language, Culture and Society, at the Zambezi University, Armindo Armando develops research in the field of school manuals with a thesis proposal entitled “Cultural Diversity and Challenges of National Unity in the Teaching Manuals of History of Mozambique”. Born in the city of Pemba, Cabo-Delgado Province, he has a Master’s Degree in Political Science and International Relations with a speciality in Conflict Resolution and Diplomacy by the Alberto Chipande Superior Institute of Science and Technology (ISCTAC), Degree in Philosophy Teaching with qualifications in Teaching of History by the Pedagogical University. He is a lecturer at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at ISCTAC, tutor at the Higher Institute of Science in Distance Education (ISCED) and at the Institute of Distance Education of the Catholic University of Mozambique. In addition to being part of the Cultures Past & Present project team, he is a collaborating member of the research group on Learning and Organizational Culture in Contemporary: Emancipatory Dialogical Narratives, at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Armindo also had support from the Scholarship Institute and the Zambezi University.

Augusto Alberto investigates the use of cinema in teaching, within the scope of the Doctorate in Language, Culture and Society, at UniZambeze, with a thesis proposal entitled: “Cinema, Interculturality and Education- A case study of Secondary Schools in Sofala Province”. Master in Teaching Philosophy at Universidade Pedagógica – Maputo, Degree in Teaching Philosophy at Universidade Pedagógica – Beira. Augusto Alberto is a lecturer at the Licungo University – Beira Delegation, at the Faculty of Arts and Humanity, Department of Social and Philosophical Sciences, Philosophy Course.

Marlene Vanessa Marques Jamal, in the scope of her PhD in Language, Culture and Society, at UniZambeze, investigates the (in)visibility of street and street children in the city of Quelimane, with the thesis proposal: “Street social education as a paradigm shift in Mozambique: a case study of street children in the city of Quelimane. She has a Master’s Degree in Languages, Literature and Cultures, from the University of Aveiro, in Portugal, Degree in Portuguese Teaching from the Pedagogical University in Quelimane. Jamal is a lecturer at Licungo University – headquartered in Quelimane, at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

The researchers Armando, Alberto, professor Rosa Cabecinhas, Marlene Jamal and Alice Balbé at Seminar History, Media and Education: action research in Mozambique and Portugal

Moisés de Lemos Martins receives Gold Insignia from the University of Santiago de Compostela

The University of Santiago de Compostela awards the Gold Insignia to the researcher Moisés de Lemos Martins, full professor at the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Minho, director of the Center for Communication and Society Studies (CECS) and coordinator of the research project Cultures Past & Present.

The distinction awarded by the Galician university is in recognition of the work carried out by the ICS professor on behalf of strengthening academic and cultural relationships in the Portuguese-speaking world. This recognition is granted to “personalities who stand out for their services to the institution, both because of their longevity and because of their special relevance”. Together with the director of CECS, also Margarida Krohling Kunsch, a professor at the University of São Paulo (Brazil), will receive the Gold Insignia of this university in Galicia.

Moisés de Lemos Martins is director of CECS and the scientific journals of this research unit (Comunicação e Sociedade, Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais and Vista). He is also director of the Lusofonia Virtual Museum, a structure that is on Google Arts & Culture and which became a cultural unit of the University of Minho, in early 2021. He was director of the Department of Communication Sciences and president of the Instituto de Social Sciences. Martins was also president of Sopcom (Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences), Lusocom (Lusophone Federation of Communication Sciences) and Confibercom (Ibero-American Confederation of Scientific and Academic Communication Associations), and is currently general secretary of Assibercom (Association Ibero-American Communication).

Professor Moisés de Lemos Martins

Among his work are the publications: Pensar Portugal – A Modernidade de um País Antigo (2021), Crise no Castelo da Cultura (2011), L’imaginaire des médias (co-author with Michel Maffesoli, 2011), Portugal Ilustrado em Postais (co-author with Madalena Oliveira, 2011), Caminhos nas Ciências Sociais (2010), Comunicação e Lusofonia (co-author with Helena Sousa and Rosa Cabecinhas, 2006), A Linguagem, a Verdade e o Poder (2002), and, O Olho de Deus no Discurso Salazarista (1990).

The ceremony was held in October, Salón de Graos do Colexio de San Xerome, of USC, in Santiago de Compostela, and was also attended by the Rector of the University of Minho, Rui Vieira de Castro, among other researchers and authorities.

Project researchers participate in the VII International Congress of Cultures

Reenchanting Cultures is the theme of the VII International Congress of Cultures organized by the International Network of Studies on Cultures, held from November 24th to 26th, 2021. Several researchers from the Cultures Past & Present project participate in the congress with presentations of papers, panels, mediation sessions, and the organization and scientific committee.

The seventh edition of the Congresso de Culturas is carried out through the Culturas portal and broadcast through the Congress channel on YouTube, due to the conditions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The International Network for Cultural Studies brings together Brazilian, Portuguese and Mozambican universities, namely, the Federal University of Bahia and the University of Reconcavo da Bahia, from Brazil, the University of Minho and the University of Beira Interior, from Portugal, and the University Zambezi, from Mozambique.

Follow the presentation program:

On 11/25:

  1. “O passado que não quer passar?”: o passado colonial no imaginário de jovens na província de Maputo | Edson Mugabe; Belchior Canivete; Eliseu Mabasso. No GT 1 – Sala 1. Horário: 14h BR – 17H PT – 19H MZ
  2. Representações do “eu” e do “outro” nos manuais escolares portugueses: passado, presente e futuro das relações interculturais | Alice Balbé; Rosa Cabecinhas; Isabel Macedo. No GT 1 – Sala 2. Horário: 14h BR – 17H PT – 19H MZ
  3. O cinema e o povo: olhares contra-hegemónicos no filme Deixem-me ao menos subir às palmeiras (1971) de Lopes Barbosa | Tiago Vieira da Silva; Isabel Moreira Macedo; Moisés de Lemos Martins. No GT 1 – Sala 3. Horário: 14h BR – 17H PT – 19H MZ
  4. EDUCAÇÃO, CRIANÇA E RUA: DINÂMICAS SOCIAIS E POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS EM MOÇAMBIQUE | Marlene Vanessa Marques Jamal; Moisés de Lemos Martins; Júlio Chibemo Taimira. No GT 5 – Sala 12. Horário: 14h BR – 17H PT – 19H MZ

Researcher Rosa Cabecinhas is a mediator of GT 1 – Culture, politics, democracy and combating inequalities and oppression, which she coordinates with Rita Aragão, from the Federal University of Bahia, José Rosa and Urbano Sidoncha, from the University of Beira Interior.

On 11/26:

The panel 4 – Culturas das Redes – Moses Martins and Martins Mapera participate, along with Annamaria Palacios and Messias Bandeira, from Universidade Federal da Bahia. Horário: 10h30m BR – 13h30m PT – 15h30m MZ

  1. Percepções de professores e alunos sobre o uso de filmes no ensino de história: Estudo de caso da Província de Sofala | Augusto Alberto; Martins Mapera; Rosa Cabecinhas. No GT 3 – Sala 50. Horário: 14h BR – 17H PT – 19H MZ
  2. Representação Social da História de Moçambique nas Escolas Secundárias: província de Sofala | Armindo Armando; Martins Mapera; Rosa Cabecinhas. No GT 3 – Sala 50. Horário: 14h BR – 17H PT – 19H MZ
  3. A mobilidade como eixo estruturante da CPLP para os próximos anos, para potenciar a cultura e as indústrias criativas | Vítor de Sousa; Pedro Rodrigues Costa; Manuel Gama. No GT 1 – Sala 16. Horário: 14h BR – 17H PT – 19H MZ

More information:  https://culturas.cc/congresso2021/

The Project participates in the 2nd edition of the UMinho Prize for Initiation in Scientific Research

The presentations of the projects developed under the 2nd UMinho Prize for Initiation in Scientific Research were held on 12 November. Lara Campinho, 2nd-year student of the Degree in Sociology, at the Institute of Social Sciences, presented a poster resulting from the work entitled “Young people in the face of History: Images and narratives of interculturality in Portuguese and Mozambican school manuals”, developed with the scope of Cultures Past & Present project, coordinated by Moisés de Lemos Martins.

Lara Campinho 2nd year student of Sociology at ICS, University of Minho

The project developed by the student, with the Cultures Past & Present project team, focused on the analysis of textbooks from Mozambique and Portugal. Lara took part in the initiative for the second time and shows interest in following the path of scientific research.

Lara Campinho presenting the poster to Dean Rui Vieira de Castro and Vice Dean for Education Laurinda Leite

The UMinho Prize for Initiation in Scientific Research was created with the aim of providing an opportunity to bring students, from the 1st cycle and the first three years of integrated Masters, closer to real contexts of scientific research and insertion in research teams that they work on creating new and relevant knowledge by engaging them in supervised research activities that foster their interest in science.

The presentations were held at the Pedagogical Complex 1, on the Campus de Gualtar, at the University of Minho.

Review Permanent Seminar for Research and Community dedicated to the Cultures Past & Present project

The Permanent Seminar for Research and Community (SPIC) took place on October 20, at the Education Auditorium, dedicated to the Cultures Past &Present project. “History, Media and Education: action research in Mozambique and Portugal” was the theme of this SPIC, which included the participation of Augusto Alberto, Armindo Armando, Marlene Vanessa Jamal, from the Zambeze University, and Alice Balbé, from the Centro de Estudos de Communication and Society (CECS) of the University of Minho. The session was moderated by Rosa Cabecinhas, a researcher at CECS and co-ordinator of the project. The session can be watched here.

The Permanent Seminar for Research and Community aims to share and debate with the community the work developed by CECS researchers, make the results of the different platforms of the center public, as well as discuss and enhance future networks of joint work.

This event was a joint activity of the Permanent Seminar on Research and Community and the Permanent Seminar on Communication and Diversity.

New book: Cultures and Tourism: Reflections on Heritage, the Arts and Intercultural Communication

The book Cultures and Tourism: Reflections on Heritage, the Arts and Intercultural Communication, edited by Moisés de Lemos Martins and Rosânia da Silva, has just been published, with support by Cultures Past & Present.

According to the editors, “as tourist practices lead to contact between peoples and populations’ relationships, identity and otherness issues immediately emerge”.

To what extent are the individuals living in the places tourists visit influenced, in their cultural and artistic practices and their representations of themselves, by the experiences tourists impart to them? How do tourists absorb, transform and assimilate what they see and experience? What are the cultural, social and economic impacts of this relationship? Cultures and Tourism: Reflections on Heritage, the Arts and Intercultural Communication addresses these and other questions and assembles 21 articles, selected from the corpus of papers presented at the international congress “Cultura e Turismo: Desenvolvimento Nacional, Promoção da Paz e Aproximação Entre Nações” (Culture and Tourism: National Development, Peace Promotion and Rapprochement Between Nations; 2018, Mozambique).

This work includes contributions from researchers from various continents and comprises four sections, under the topics “Tourism, Culture and Art”, “Tourism, Development and Communication”; “Cultural Heritage: Festivities, Handicrafts and Gastronomy” and “Tourism Routes and Landscapes”.

Seminar “History, Media and Education: research-action in Mozambique and Portugal” on October 20

The next Permanent Seminar for Research and Community (SPIC) will be dedicated to the Cultures Past & Present project and will take place on October 20, at 2:30 pm, in the Education Auditorium (Campus de Gualtar), at the University of Minho.

“History, Media and Education: action research in Mozambique and Portugal” is the theme of this SPIC, which includes the participation of Armindo Armando, Marlene Vanessa Jamal and Augusto Alberto, from the Zambeze University, and Alice Balbé, from the Center for Communication and Society Studies (CECS) at the University of Minho. The session will be moderated by Rosa Cabecinhas, a researcher at CECS and co-coordinator of the project.

The Permanent Seminar for Research and Community aims to share and debate with the community the work developed by CECS researchers, make the results of the different platforms of the center public, as well as discuss and enhance future networks of joint work.

This event is a joint activity of the Permanent Seminar on Research and Community and the Permanent Seminar on Communication and Diversity.

Armindo Armando – PhD candidate in Language, Culture and Society at the Zambezi University, he is a Lecturer at the Alberto Chipande University, in Beira, Mozambique.

Augusto Alberto – PhD candidate in Language, Culture and Society at the Zambezi University, he is a Lecturer at the Licungo University, in Beira, Mozambique.

Marlene Vanessa Jamal, PhD student in Language, Culture and Society at Zambezi University, is a Lecturer at Licungo University, in Quelimane, Mozambique.

Alice Balbé – PhD in Communication Sciences at the University of Minho and is a Post-Doctoral researcher at Communication and Society Research Centre under the Cultures Past &Present project.

Rosa Cabecinhas is an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho, a researcher at Communication and Society Research Centre. Currently, and co-PI of the Cultures Past & Present project.

Caderno MICAR 2021 launched with participation and support from the Project

On the first day of the 8th MICAR – International Anti-Racist Film Exhibition, promoted by SOS Racism, the Caderno Micar 2021 – Contributions of texts and visual essays for the 8th edition was launched. Held on October 8, 9 and 10, 2021, at Teatro Rivoli, Micar provided film screenings, exhibitions and debates. The Project Cultures Past & Present joined the institutional partnerships in supporting the organization of the event, which has the support of the Municipality of Porto and the Teatro Municipal Rivoli, where the exhibitions take place.

The book contains articles by Isabel Macedo, Rosa Cabecinhas, Alice Balbé, Filipa César, Gisela Casimiro, Luísa Semedo, Hugo Silveira Pereira, Mário Moura, Nuno Coelho and Emicida, illustrations, visual essays, in addition to the synopses and technical files of the films present in this MICAR edition.

The deadline for submission of proposals for the VII International Congress on Cultures extended

The call for proposals for the VII International Congress on Cultures was extended until October 10, 2021. Papers can be submitted in the form of a Working Group or in the Artistic and Cultural Activities mobility. Under the theme “Reenchanting Cultures”, the seventh edition of the Congress will take place on November 24, 25 and 26, 2021, through the portal, again online, due to the conditions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event is promoted by the International Network for Studies on Cultures, integrating universities from Brazil, Mozambique and Portugal, with the aim of discussing the numerous social, political, economic, communicational, technological and health processes that affect culture and that are managed by it.

More information: https://culturas.cc/congresso2021/

Project supports the 8th MICAR – International Anti-Racist Film Festival

The International Anti-Racist Film Festival is promoted by SOS Racism, which has organized the only film exhibition of its kind in Portugal since 2014 in the city of Porto, the MICAR. The event has the support of the Porto City Council and Teatro Municipal Rivoli, where the exhibitions are held, and this year, the Cultures Past & Present project joins institutional partnerships in supporting the organization of the event.

The 8th edition of MICAR will be held from 8 to 10 October 2021, at Teatro Rivoli, Porto – Portugal. Admission is free to all movies and events.

The event’s program includes the exhibition of cinematographic works that focus on the theme of racism, immigration and ethnic minorities, and an exhibition of posters. During the three days of the event, it is also possible to follow debates in various sessions on the topic addressed with the participation of guests

More information and the full program here.