9 research outputs found
Displaying Violence and the Violence of Display: Durable Modern/Colonial Worldviews and the Production of Alterity in a Botanical Garden in Lisbon, Portugal
In a way that challenges the nature/culture divide which marks Western thought, this article examines how a botanical garden in Portugal was and is implicated in different yet intertwined modes of violence, given the histories it is connected to and current museological strategies. The focus of the analysis is the Tropical Botanic Garden of the University of Lisbon in Belém, which contains living and non-living collections derived mainly from its twentieth-century histories. At that time, it was used as the Colonial Garden and it housed part of the Exhibition of the Portuguese World, which included a display of actual people from the colonies. The narratives produced there today reflect an effort to confront some of these histories, while revealing the ongoing durabilities of modern/colonial worldviews.In a way that challenges the nature/culture divide which marks Western thought, this article examines how a botanical garden in Portugal was and is implicated in different yet intertwined modes of violence, given the histories it is connected to and current museological strategies. The focus of the analysis is the Tropical Botanic Garden of the University of Lisbon in Belém, which contains living and non-living collections derived mainly from its twentieth-century histories. At that time, it was used as the Colonial Garden and it housed part of the Exhibition of the Portuguese World, which included a display of actual people from the colonies. The narratives produced there today reflect an effort to confront some of these histories, while revealing the ongoing durabilities of modern/colonial worldviews
A Igreja do Mosteiro de Santa Maria das JĂșnias (Vila Real)
A Igreja do Mosteiro de Santa Maria das JĂșnias localiza-se no actual distrito de Vila Real, concelho de Montalegre. A sua construção situar-se-ĂĄ no sĂ©culo XII e enquadra-se no estilo romĂąnico. Considera-se a forte possibilidade da existĂȘncia de uma estrutura religiosa de cronologia mais recuada, no mesmo espaço, embora desta nĂŁo subsistam quaisquer vestĂgios, Ă excepção de algumas mençÔes em documentos da Ă©poca.A sua histĂłria foi marcada por diversos momentos construtivos, directamente associados Ă conjuntura religiosa do reino de Portugal. AtravĂ©s da anĂĄlise da sua estrutura arquitectĂłnica, em paralelo com a histĂłria religiosa deste monumento, da regiĂŁo em que se insere e das ordens religiosas a que este esteve associado, procurou-se compreender a evolução histĂłrica e arquitectĂłnica do Mosteiro de Santa Maria das JĂșnias e, mais especificamente, da sua igreja.The Church of the Monastery of Santa Maria das JĂșnias nowadays is located in the district of Vila Real, municipality of Montalegre. The construction of this building, in the romanesque style, must have taken place during the 12th century. There is a very strong possibility that there had been, in the same place, an older religious structures, although there is no evidence of such, except for references in some written documents of the time.This church reveals several architectural alterations in different periods, directly related to the religious history of the Kingdom of Portugal. By analysing its arquitectural strutcture and considering the religious history and the religious orders related to this monument, an attempt has been made to understand the historical and architectural development of the Monastery of Santa Maria das JĂșnias and, more specifically, of its Church
Displaying Violence and the Violence of Display: Durable Modern/Colonial Worldviews and the Production of Alterity in a Botanical Garden in Lisbon, Portugal
In a way that challenges the nature/culture divide which marks Western thought, this article examines how a botanical garden in Portugal was and is implicated in different yet intertwined modes of violence, given the histories it is connected to and current museological strategies. The focus of the analysis is the Tropical Botanic Garden of the University of Lisbon in Belém, which contains living and non-living collections derived mainly from its twentieth-century histories. At that time, it was used as the Colonial Garden and it housed part of the Exhibition of the Portuguese World, which included a display of actual people from the colonies. The narratives produced there today reflect an effort to confront some of these histories, while revealing the ongoing durabilities of modern/colonial worldviews
ï»żTo count or not to count: British politics of framing and the condition of âillegal infiltreeâ in the Bergen-Belsen DP camp (1945â1948)
This article explores the politics of humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of the Second World War, by examining the act of framing certain groups of Jewish refugees as âinfiltreesâ, in the context of the British occupation zone of Germany, and the Bergen-Belsen DP camp more specifically. Based on archival sources and the available literature, it dissects this legal categorisation to help understand who the different individuals categorised as infiltrees were, the wider political conjuncture that informed this framing, and the real consequences felt by those who were framed as such. This article demonstrates the extent to which the attribution of legal categories to those on the move, with tangible effects for those individuals, represents a deeply politicised practice in Europe, which has been operating at least since the first half of the twentieth century, and which continues today
AS CONSTRUĂĂES DE FALSA CĂPULA OU CHAFURDĂES no contexto da Alta-Idade-MĂ©dia, na serra de S. Mamede
Tenta-se de demonstrar uma relação directa entre as construçÔes de falsa cĂșpula e os povoados atribuĂdos Ă Idade MĂ©di
A Igreja do Mosteiro de Santa Maria das JĂșnias (Vila Real). Um estudo histĂłrico-arquitectĂłnico
The Church of the Monastery of Santa Maria das JĂșnias nowadays is located in the
district of Vila Real, municipality of Montalegre. The construction of this building, in
the romanesque style, must have taken place during the 12th century. There is a very
strong possibility that there had been, in the same place, an older religious structures,
although there is no evidence of such, except for references in some written documents
of the time.
This church reveals several architectural alterations in different periods, directly
related to the religious history of the Kingdom of Portugal. By analysing its
arquitectural strutcture and considering the religious history and the religious orders
related to this monument, an attempt has been made to understand the historical and
architectural development of the Monastery of Santa Maria das JĂșnias and, more
specifically, of its Church.A Igreja do Mosteiro de Santa Maria das JĂșnias localiza-se no actual distrito de Vila
Real, concelho de Montalegre. A sua construção situar-se-å no século XII e enquadra-se
no estilo romĂąnico. Considera-se a forte possibilidade da existĂȘncia de uma estrutura
religiosa de cronologia mais recuada, no mesmo espaço, embora desta não subsistam
quaisquer vestĂgios, Ă excepção de algumas mençÔes em documentos da Ă©poca.
A sua histĂłria foi marcada por diversos momentos construtivos, directamente
associados à conjuntura religiosa do reino de Portugal. Através da anålise da sua
estrutura arquitectĂłnica, em paralelo com a histĂłria religiosa deste monumento, da
regiĂŁo em que se insere e das ordens religiosas a que este esteve associado, procurou-se
compreender a evolução histórica e arquitectónica do Mosteiro de Santa Maria das
JĂșnias e, mais especificamente, da sua igreja
âPerpetual Cycleâ: (re)appearing memories and decolonial practices in Tarrafal, Cape Verde
MEMOIRS - Children of Empires and European Postmemories (648624); MAPS - PĂłs-memĂłrias Europeias: uma cartografia pĂłs-colonialA prisĂŁo do Tarrafal em Cabo Verde foi criada em 1936 pela ditadura do Estado Novo para presos polĂticos portugueses. Fechou em 1954 e reabriu em 1961 para encarcerar os ativistas ligados aos movimentos anticoloniais nas ex-colĂłnias portuguesas em Ăfrica. Uma terceira e menos conhecida função da prisĂŁo ocorreu entre 1974 e 1975. A Revolução dos Cravos de 25 de Abril de 1974, que marcou o fim do regime fascista e colonial portuguĂȘs, desencadeou uma disputa entre o PAIGC (Partido Africano da IndependĂȘncia de GuinĂ© Bissau e Cabo Verde) e os partidos opositores locais com vista ao controlo de Cabo Verde, levando o PAIGC a reabrir o Tarrafal em Dezembro de 1974 para encarcerar alguns dos seus opositores. A maioria seria libertada atĂ© Maio de 1975 e em Julho a prisĂŁo fechou definitivamente.The former prison of Tarrafal in Cape Verde was created in 1936 by the Estado Novo dictatorship for Portuguese political prisoners. It closed in 1954 and reopened in 1961 to imprison those connected to anti-colonial movements in Portugalâs then African colonies. A third, lesser-known period of use occurred between 1974 and 1975. The Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974, which marked the end of the Portuguese fascist and colonial regime, triggered a dispute between the PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde) and its local rivals to take control of Cape Verde, leading the PAIGC to reopen Tarrafal in December 1974 to imprison its opponents. Most of the prisoners were released by May 1975, and in July the prison closed permanently