Seminar
MAKING PORTUGAL | People of African birth or descent in the arts and architecture in Portugal (16th-18th centuries)
June 2, 2025, 10h00-18h00
Room 2, CES | Alta
Programme
10h00 | Welcome
Opening Topic
10h30 - 11h00 | Afropolitan? Afropean? Afro-European? - contours of a concept
Margarida Calafate Ribeiro (CES-UC)
Patronage in Architecture
11h00 - 11h30h | Founding sacred spaces. The power of action of Vitoria de Jesus, a black enslaved woman
Giuseppina Raggi (CES-UC)
11h30 - 12h00 | Vitória de Jesus: black protagonism in a town in 18th century Portugal
Hugo Ribeiro da Silva (CITCEM / FLUP)
12h00 - 12h30 | The church of São Mamede do Sadão, a reading of the territory and architecture.
Rui Lobo (CES-UC / DArq-FCTUC)
12h30 - 13h00 | Debate
LUNCH
Opening Topic
14h30 - 15h00 | José Conrado Rosa’s “Bridal Masquerade” and the story of its characters at the court of Queen Maria I
Silvia Hunold Lara (CECULT-IFCH-UNICAMP)
Between Representation and Affirmation
15h00 - 15h30 | Africans and Afro-descendants in the engravings and paintings of the Pimenta Palace: life trajectories and new approaches
Paulo Almeida Fernandes (PP-ML / IHA-FCSH-UNL)
15h30 - 16h00 | The engraving of Our Lady of Atalaia: cultural context and overlooked details
Iskrena Yordanova (CESEM-UNL / DS-CEMSP)
16h00 - 16h30 | “Vilancicos de negro”: presentation, context and problems surrounding a musical genre
Paulo Estudante (CECH-UC)
16h30 - 17h00 | Debate
Participatory Education
17h00 - 17h30 | The Making Portugal experience at Amora School (Seixal) and the Social Incubator for Research and Innovation
Giuseppina Raggi and Cláudia Pato de Carvalho (CES-UC)
17h30 - 18h00 | Dialogue between all participants and conclusions