CEsA joins new research project on architecture, colonialism, and labour in Africa
The CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies (ISEG Research/ISEG – University of Lisbon) is joining a new international research project that brings together architecture, anthropology, and the visual arts, focusing on the former Portuguese colonies in Africa: Connections between architecture, anthropology, and the visual arts: a case study (Matalana, Mozambique) (Conexões entre arquitectura, antropologia e artes plásticas: um estudo de caso – Matalana, Moçambique), coordinated by Lorenzo Macagno, Research Associate at CEsA and Professor at the Federal University of Paraná (Brazil). This study is part of the ERC–CONFAP–CNPq–Fundação Araucária Cooperation Programme, which promotes the participation of researchers based in Brazil in European projects funded by the European Research Council (ERC).
Professor Lorenzo Macagno’s work is carried out within the framework of ArchLabour – Architecture, Colonialism and Labour – The role and legacy of mass labour in the design, planning and construction of Public Works in former African territories under Portuguese colonial rule, coordinated by Ana Vaz Milheiro (ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon). ArchLabour seeks to understand the construction of major public works in the former Portuguese colonies from the perspective of African workers, highlighting their experiences, knowledge, and contributions.
CEsA’s involvement in ArchLabour, through Professor Lorenzo Macagno’s project, strengthens cooperation with the Federal University of Paraná, with Brazilian research funding institutions, and with ISCTE, creating new opportunities for academic dialogue, joint research, and the sharing of results, and fostering interdisciplinary knowledge production on the colonial legacies in Africa.
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Author: CEsA Communication Team (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt) with information from Professor Lorenzo Macagno
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