Project MIGRA MEDIA ACTS . 11-12 JULY 2022

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

DECOLONISING KNOWLEDGE: POSSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

The team of MediaMigraActs – Migrations, media and activism in Portuguese language: decolonizing media landscapes and imagining alternative futures, based at the Center of  Communication and Society Studies (CECS), is pleased to host the International Seminar Decolonising knowledge: possibilities and challenges, which will take place in the Sala de Atos of the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) of the University of Minho, in Braga, Portugal, July 11-12, 2022.

The aim of this meeting is to foster dialogue between the team, the academy and the community, as well as to promote workshops and debates about migration, media and decolonial activism.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Migra Media Acts

MIGRATIONS, MEDIA AND ACTIVISMS IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE:
DECOLONISING MEDIASCAPES AND IMAGINING ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

The research project MigraMediaActs aims to fill a gap in scientific research about narratives on migration
circulating within the public spheres in Portuguese language, by adopting a situated and intersectional
approach, namely the intersections between race, ethnicity, gender, and class, in view of the multi-layered
identities and recent societal transformations that have occurred in Portugal.
 

This project comprises interconnected tasks which aim to analyse media content and gauge the way that
symbolic de-bordering processes occur in the Portuguese public sphere, as well as media production
and how different social actors (e.g. activists, associations) contribute to these processes. Moreover,
using an action-research approach, the project will develop decolonial interventions.
 

The project is a pioneer in studying decolonial activism in the Portuguese-speaking public sphere, combining
different fields of research that have tended to be examined separately. Decolonising mediascapes is a
complex, multifaceted, and sensitive topic with multiple impacts on societies.

MigraMediaActs proposes to contribute to a greater visibility of persons who occupy a place of alterity in the
Portuguese national context as active agents in social transformation and in the construction of alternative
futures. It also aims to enable researchers, teachers, journalists, artists, and key civil society actors to engage
with each other constructively and directly contribute to the decolonisation of journalism and communication
studies, and embracing diversity as a tool for fostering social transformation and for creating more inclusive and just societies.

Principal Investigator: Rosa Cabecinhas

Main R&D Unit: Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS)

Duration: 2022 – 2025

PROJECT TEAM

Rosa Cabecinhas
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Rosa Cabecinhas

Principal Investigator
Carla Cerqueira
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Carla Cerqueira

Researcher
Gessica Borges
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Gessica Borges

Researcher
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Luís Cunha

Researcher
Isabel Macedo
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Isabel Moreira Macedo

Co-PI
Júlia Alves Brasil
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Julia Alves Brasil

Researcher
Michelle Sales
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Michelle Sales

Researcher
Alberto Sá
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Alberto Teixeira de Sá

Researcher
Ivo Neto
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Ivo Neto

Researcher
Paula Lobo
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Paula Lobo

Researcher
Ana Cristina Pereira
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Ana Cristina Pereira

Researcher
João Sarmento
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João Sarmento

Researcher
Sheila Khan
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Sheila Pereira Khan

Researcher

CONSULTANTS

Diana Andringa (CES – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)

Fabio Malini (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brasil)

Fernando Gonçalves (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)

Giovanna Leone (Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Itália)

Laurent Licata (Université libre de Bruxelles, Bélgica)

Manuel Chaparro (Universidad de Málaga, Espanha)

Olga Bailey (Nottingham Trent University, Inglaterra)

Tristan Mattelart (French Institute of the Press, University of Paris, França)

SEMINAR PROGRAM

Programa dia 1 / Program Day 1

2ª-feira, 11 de julho, 2022 / Monday, July 11

10:00

Boas-vindas e breve apresentação do projeto / Welcome and brief presentation of the project

10:00 - 10:30

Madalena Oliveira, Diretora do CECS
Rosa Cabecinhas, Investigadora Responsável do projeto MigraMediaActs

10:30

MESA REDONDA 1 / ROUNDTABLE 1

10:30 - 12:30

O que significa descolonizar o conhecimento? / What does it mean to decolonise knowledge?

Giovanna Leone, Sapienza Universitá di Roma
Manuel Chaparro, Universidad de Málaga, Espanha
Fernando Gonçalves (online), Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Discussant: Julia Alves Brasil, CECS – Universidade do Minho

12:30

Almoço / Lunch

12:30 - 14:00

14:00

Mesa Redonda 2 / Roundtable 2

14:00 - 16:00

Media, migrações, e ativismos / Media, migrations and activisms

Ana Cristina Pereira, CES – Universidade de Coimbra
Carla Cerqueira, CICANT – Universidade Lusófona do Porto
Isabel Macedo, CECS – Universidade do Minho
Discussant: Tristan Mattelart (online), French Institute of the Press – University of Paris

16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 16:30

16:30

Lançamento de livros e debate / BOOKS LAUNCH AND DISCUSSION

16:30 - 18:00

Susana de Andrés (Universidad de Valladolid) & Manuel Chaparro, (Universidad de Málaga): Comunicación radical. Despatriarcalizar, descolonizar, ecologizar la cultura mediática.

Michelle Sales, (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro): À margem do cinema português: estudos sobre o cinema afrodescendente produzido em Portugal

Programa dia 2 / Program Day 2

3ª-feira, 12 de julho, 2022 / Tuesday, July 12

10:00

OFICINA I / WORKSHOP I

10:00 - 12:00

Ativismos de(s)coloniais e imaginação de futuros alternativos: propostas de pesquisa-ação / Decolonial activism and imagining alternative futures: proposals for action-research

João Sarmento, CECS – Universidade do Minho
Luís Cunha, CRIA – Universidade do Minho
Sheila Khan, CECS – Universidade do Minho & UTAD
Moderadora: Paula Lobo, CICANT – Universidade Lusófona do Porto

12:15

Almoço / Lunch

12:15 - 14:00

14:00

OFICINA II / WORKSHOP II

14:00 - 16:30

MigraMediaActs: caminhos a percorrer / MigraMediaActs: paths ahead

Ana Cristina Pereira, CES – Universidade de Coimbra
Alberto Sá, CECS – Universidade do Minho
Ivo Neto, CECS – Universidade do Minho & ISMAI
Isabel Macedo, CECS – Universidade do Minho
Moderadora: Rosa Cabecinhas, CECS – Universidade do Minho

16:30

Encerramento / Ending

16:30 - 17:00

Note: The event is open to the community, with the exception of the workshops, whose participation is reserved for team members, consultants, and collaborators.

Organizing Committee
Rosa Cabecinhas (Coordinator), Alberto Sá, Gessica Borges, Isabel Macedo, Julia Alves Brasil

GET IN TOUCH

CONTACT US

Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade (CECS)

Instituto de Ciências Sociais
Universidade do Minho
Campus de Gualtar, Edif. 15
4710-057 Braga, Portugal

Contact Information

Rosa Cabecinhas; Gessica Borges
migramediaacts@ics.uminho.pt

(+351) 253 604 695 | (+351) 253 601 751