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Ciclo de Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco | March 25th | The Devil’s Harvest (“A colheita do Diabo”) | Discussion panel with Brigitte Bagnol (online)
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa), within the scope of the “Ciclo de Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco”, is pleased to announce the screening of The Devil’s Harvest (“A colheita do Diabo” in Portuguese) (Licínio Azevedo e Brigitte Bagnol, 1988, Docufiction, 52 min, Portuguese). The session is free admission and will take place on March 25, 10 am, at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Auditorium 2, Rua do Quelhas n. 6, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal).
The film will be played in Portuguese. We recommend a pre-registration (click here to register), but the capacity of the auditorium will be filled in order of arrival.
The debate will follow with co-director and researcher Brigitte Bagnol (online).
Synopsis for “The Devil’s Harvest”
First Mozambican feature film made on video by Brigitte Bagnol and Licínio Azevedo in 1988, “The Devil’s Harvest” mix reality and fiction, as well as professional and non-professional actors. Among the first images, dedicated to the importance of cinema, and the tragic, real and announced episodes, the film portrays the daily life of a small rural community threatened by drought and armed attacks by “bandits”, defended by a group of veterans of the national liberation struggle.
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About the “Ciclo de Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco”
The project urges to understand decolonization as a process still in progress, which must be accepted and integrated into the social, political, cultural and personal dynamics. The project aims to create an open and dynamic space for sharing, where memories, narratives, dialogues and reflections can emerge. It is coordinated by Jessica Falconi (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and curated by the Mozambican filmmakers Isabel Noronha and Camilo de Sousa.
The film club will take place from January to July 2023, with screenings once a month, always on Saturdays, where it is intended to debate and reflect on the legacies and memories of decolonization in Mozambique. Each session will have the spoken remarks of producers, directors, etc., as well as moderators and debaters who will facilitate the debate within the audience.
Coordination: Jessica Falconi (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa)
Curators: Isabel Noronha and Camilo de Sousa
Scientific consultancy: Joana Pereira Leite (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and Ana Mafalda Leite (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa)
Support: CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa
Check the full program for 2023 of the film club “Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco”
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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Development Studies Seminars 2023 | March 28th | A Discussion of the Grammars and Languages of Regionalisms in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic and the War in Ukraine | Daniel Bach (Sciences Po Bordeaux)
The Center for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and the coordination of the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI) and the PhD in Development Studies (PDED) courses at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon (ULisboa), invite you to the fifth session of the Development Studies Seminars 2023, which will have as its theme “A Discussion of the Grammars and Languages of Regionalisms in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic and the War in Ukraine” and will be presented by Sciences Po Bordeaux and CEsA’s researcher Daniel Bach on March 28th, 2023, from 6 pm to 8 pm (UTC+0), at ISEG (Anfiteatro 23, Francesinhas 1, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal).
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seminarios-de-estudos-de-desenvolvimento-2023-com-daniel-bach-science-po-tickets-569835040947
About the event
The Development Studies Seminars 2023 are an initiative that, since 1991, promotes research carried out in the areas of study of MDCI/ISEG/ULisboa and PDED/ISEG/ULisboa. The 2023 edition will take place from February 28 2023, always on Tuesdays, from 6 pm to 8 pm (UTC), at ISEG (Anfiteatro 23, Francesinhas 1, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal). Sessions will be presented in English, in a face-to-face format and with free admission. We recommend prior registration on the CEsA profile on EventBrite (click here), but the capacity of the amphitheater will be filled in order of arrival.
Fifth session of the Development Studies Seminars 2023
Theme: A Discussion of the Grammars and Languages of Regionalisms in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic and the War in Ukraine
Presenter: Daniel Bach (Sciences Po Bordeaux and CEsA)
Date and time: March 28, 2023, always on Tuesdays, from 6 pm to 8 pm (UTC+0)
In-person event at ISEG (Anfiteatro 23, Francesinhas 1, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal)
Related content:
- Book “Regionalism in Africa: Genealogies, institutions and trans-state networks” (Daniel Bach): https://www.routledge.com/Regionalism-in-Africa-Genealogies-institutions-and-trans-state-networks/Bach/p/book/9781138091054
- Chapter “The Languages and Grammar of Regionalism”, The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy (Daniel Bach): https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-38922-2_52
- Daniel Bach’s researcher profiles: https://cesa.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/investigadores/dbach/ e https://www.centreemiledurkheim.fr/notre-equipe/daniel-bach/
- Working Paper n. 56/1999: The revival of regional integration in Africa (Daniel Bach): https://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/1377
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Development Studies Seminars 2023 will return on February 28 at ISEG
Playlist “Development Studies Seminars 2023” on CEsA’s YouTube channel
Did you miss a session? Watch all Development Studies Seminars 2022 presentations
Applications for the 2023/24 PhD in Development Studies (PDED) are open
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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“Topics in Development Studies” 2023 | March 27th: Megaprojects, displacement and social implications in Mozambique | Paulo Granjo (ICS/ULisboa)
The Center for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and the coordination of the PhD in Development Studies (PDED) invite you to the third session of the cycle of seminars “Topics in Development Studies 2023”, which will have as its theme “Megaprojects, displacement and social implications in Mozambique” and will be presented by ICS/ULisboa researcher Paulo Granjo on March 27th, 2023, from 6 pm to 8 pm (UTC+0), at Room 1.2. at IGOT (Rua Branca Edmée Marques, Edifício IGOT, Cidade Universitária, 1600-276 Lisboa; Estação do metro: Cidade Universitária). Link Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/97896355770?pwd=SHV5TTZoV2NZaXUxSnBoV2JOaDBnZz09.
About the event
The Seminars promote in-depth and advanced discussions on Development Studies and are an initiative within the scope of the PDED. The PhD is a joint program between ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, ISA – Instituto Superior de Agronomia, ICS – Instituto de Ciências Sociais, and IGOT – Institute of Geography and Land Planning.
Seminars will take place from March 6th to May 29th, 2023, always on Mondays, from 6 pm to 8 pm (UTC+0), at Room 1.2. at IGOT (Rua Branca Edmée Marques, Edifício IGOT, Cidade Universitária, 1600-276 Lisboa; Estação do metro: Cidade Universitária). The 10 sessions will be in a hybrid format (in person and online) and with free admission.
Third session of the “Topics in Development Studies 2023” Seminars
Theme: Megaprojects, Displacement and Social Implications in Mozambique
Presenter: Paulo Granjo (ICS/ULisboa)
Date and time: March 27th 2023 (Monday), from 6pm to 8pm (UTC+0)
Hybrid event and with free admission
In person at Room 1.2. at IGOT (Rua Branca Edmée Marques, Edifício IGOT, Cidade Universitária, 1600-276 Lisboa; Estação do metro: Cidade Universitária)
Link Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/97896355770?pwd=SHV5TTZoV2NZaXUxSnBoV2JOaDBnZz09
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Playlist “Topics in Development Studies 2022” on CEsA’s YouTube channel
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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Working Paper CEsA 190/2023 studies the tourism value chain as a strategy to promote economic, social and environmental development in Angola
CEsA has published its third Working Paper of 2023: “Study of the Value Chain of the Tourism Sector in Angola as an Alternative Economic, Social, and Environmental Development Strategy Under the PRODESI Programme” (n. 190/2023), in English, authored by CEsA researcher Eduardo Sarmento.
Click here to download Working Paper n. 190/2023: https://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/27342
Read the summary below:
Angola has been facing several economic and social problems, with one of the most important being related to the country’s long tradition of dependency on oil as a major external revenue. Due to this situation, the country’s income has been slowing and there is a need to find alternative strategies to increase the liquidity of the economy without which Angola would lack the necessary funds to increase investment and proceed with adequate policies to combat social exclusion and eradicate the flows of poverty. Aware of this situation, the government implemented the national PRODESI project, whose aim is to accelerate the process of the diversification of the nation’s economy. To this end, the project aims to promote production and exports in the non-oil sectors, as well as in sectors with a strong potential for import substitution. One of these areas is tourism, as a means of developing some of the country’s regions and provinces, and also in order to benefit populations living in worse conditions, whilst diversifying the economic restrictions. The focus of actions in PRODESI foresees that the to accelerate the diversification of the economy, whether through import substitution or through diversification and an increase in exports, will be directed towards the production of goods and services or the implementation of new strategies designed to gain critical mass and create intraand intersectoral relationships, such as in the case of tourism. Accordingly, the purpose of this research is to identify the main weaknesses of the core value chain of tourism and to propose a set of measures and recommendations to be implemented within the scope of PRODESI. The main objective is to ensure that this activity effectively contributes to diversifying Angola’s economy in a sustainable path and that it helps leverage the increase in national production in a faster and more efficient way and thus significantly help decrease the dependency on imports and increase the export basis, which can be achieved through adopting a strategy of diversification, based on both international and national tourism. Methodologically, several studies were consulted and various meetings and in-depth field visits were made, between January and March 2000, in the provinces of Luanda, Malange, Huíla, and Namibe. Several interviews were carried out up until 2021with major players (ranging from ministers through to national directors and other experts) and tourist organizations (Ministries, Travel Agencies, and entrepreneurs). It is estimated that in the next 10 years Sub-Saharan Africa will register a growth in tourism superior to the global average, regardless of the COVID pandemic. This research concluded that even though tourism in Angola still faces a deficit at several levels, the country nevertheless has a set of natural resources and tourism attributes that, if properly explored and used, could provide an alternative way for the future development of Angola’s society. Angola still faces residual tourism receipts from tourism activity as well as in total international incoming tourists, and therefore Angola’s national government may have a huge opportunity to implement a suitable tourism strategy (both for internal and external flows), in order to not only reinforce its importance but also to benefit the population, fight poverty, and diversify economic activities, as defined in the PRODESI strategy.
Registration now open for EADI CEsA Lisbon Conference 2023, the largest European conference on Development Studies
The largest European conference on Development Studies, the EADI CEsA Lisbon Conference 2023: Towards New Rhythms of Development, which will take place between the 10th and 13th of July 2023 at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, in Lisbon, is with Early Bird registration open until March 26, 2023. The event will be hybrid (face-to-face and online) and prices vary, depending on the chosen participation category, from €85 to €285 for early registration.
Discounts are available for: 1. EADI members; 2. PhD and postdoctoral student researchers; 3. participants based in middle and low income countries; 4. unemployed participants based in high income countries; and 5. speakers at Seed and Harvest Panels based in middle and low income countries.
Registration must be done through the Conftool conference management system. More information can be accessed through the Registration (click here) and FAQ (click here) pages, in English, on the EADI website. Questions should be directed to the e-mail: eadi_cesa23@iseg.ulisboa.pt
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EADI, the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, is the leading European network in the field of Development Studies: With more than 100 institutional members in more than 25 countries it.organises activities and provides platforms for international networking and exchange with a strong interdisciplinary focus. EADI’s flagship events are the General Conferences every three years which bring together the wider Development Research community around a specific topic. The official languages of EADI are English and French. EADI is funded through membership fees as well as by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Check out CEsA’s online brochure: a summary of our work and activities in 1 minute of reading
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) is glad to share with our researchers and readers our online brochure. It will take you just one minute reading (click here to download)!
