Communication and Diversity Seminar – Memories of Colonialism and Decolonization Processes

16 de January, 2023 | Gessica Borges | Event

MigraMediaActs team and audience participate in the Seminar on Communication and Diversity, in Braga, Portugal.

On January 12 the MigraMediaActs team promoted another seminar on Communication and Diversity, this time with the theme “Memories of colonialism and decolonization processes”.

The event took place in person at the Galeria do Paço, in the Casa do Conhecimento (Braga) and had the presence of guests Ana Cristina Pereira (Kitty Furtado), Álvaro de Vasconcelos and Jorge Correia Jesuíno. The mediation was done by Rosa Cabecinhas. 

Da esquerda para direita: Álvaro de Vasconcelos, Kitty Furtado, Rosa Cabecinhas e

From left to right: Álvaro de Vasconcelos, Kitty Furtado, Rosa Cabecinhas, and Jorge Correia Jesuíno.

Together with a dozen spectators, the guests debated memory and the need to decolonize the Portuguese historical narrative. It was also an opportunity to reflect on the book “Memories in Times of Amnesia”, recently released by Álvaro de Vasconcelos. 

The session was held in partnership between the Museu Virtual da Lusofonia, the MigraMediaActs project, and Rede Casas do Conhecimento