Scientific CoordinationBoaventura de Sousa SantosAntónio Sousa Ribeiro

Executive CoordinationMargarida Calafate RibeiroMaria Paula Meneses

http://www.ces.uc.pt/doutoramentos/poscolonialismos/indexen.php

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– To provide a reflexive space of transdisciplinary learningfocused on the acquisition of instruments of analysis ofcontemporary global reality — political, social, cultural — from apost-colonial, geographically located perspective.

Objectives

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Curriculum1st year

1st Semester• Post-Colonialisms, Identities and Cultural Citizenship (10 ECTS)

António Sousa Ribeiro

• Knowledge, Sustainability and Cognitive Justice (10 ECTS)

Maria Paula Meneses

• Political Spaces, Representation and Decentralization in the Post-Colonial Space (10 ECTS)

Clemens Zobel

2nd Semester• Alternative Globalizations and the Reinvention of Social Emancipation (10 ECTS)

Boaventura de Sousa Santos• Post-Colonial Studies in the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (10 ECTS)

Margarida Calafate Ribeiro• Transnational Social Movements, Risk and Public Space (10 ECTS)

José Manuel Mendes Novembro 2008

2nd year

3rd Semester

• Research Seminar

• Seminar — Thinking and Imagining Knowledge

At the end of the 2nd year – public presentation of the dissertation project

4th to 8th semesters

Dissertation

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Faculty

Current research interests

Alternative globalization (World Social Forum)Administration of justice and political pluralismTranslation and interculturalityTheories of democracy

Literary and cultural studiesViolence, culture and identitiesPost-colonial theories and translation

Portuguese-Language Literatures IdentitiesHistory of the Portuguese Empire; Colonial WarWomen and war

Boaventura Sousa SantosFull Professor of Sociology, FEUCDirector of CES

António Sousa RibeiroFull Professor of German StudiesSchool of Arts Researcher at CES

Margarida Calafate RibeiroResearcher at CES,Dr.Phil in Literature(King’s College, London)

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Maria Paula MenesesResearcher at CESDr.Phil in Anthropology (Rutgers University, USA)

Clemens ZobelResearcher at CES, Dr. Phil in Anthropology (EHESS, Paris, and Un. of Vienna)

José Manuel MendesProfessor of SociologyFEUCPres. of the Scientific Board of CES

Current research interests

Identity processesConflict resolution and interlegalityProduction and representation of knowledge Intermedicines; human ecology

Processes of decentralization in Sub-Saharian Africa Micro-sociology of practices/spaces of deliberationLocal politics and ideological legitimationDiaspora networks and local politics

Public policiesPlanning, risk and social vulnerabilitySocial inequalities Identities; social movements and political participation

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Seminars (selection)

Walter Mignolo (Duke University)Logics of Coloniality and Imperial (Post)coloniality

Francisco Bethencourt (King’s College, London)The Portuguese Empire Never Existed

Novembro 2008

Elikia M'Bokolo (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales)

Political Cultures, Citizenship ans Social Movements in Post-Colonial Africa

Anna-Maria Gentili (Univ. of Bologna)Identities, Colonizers and Colonized

Michael Burawoy (Univ. California, Berkeley)Third Wave Sociology

Helder Macedo (King’s College, Londres)Deceptions of the Gaze

Laura Cavalcante Padilha (Univ. Fed. Fluminense)Coloniality and Literature: The Angolan Case

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Manfred Hinz (Univ. of Namibia)State, Law and Juridical Pluralism from the Perspective of

the Global South

Roberto Vecchi (Univ. of Bologna)Atlantics of the South

Isabel Castro Henriques (Univ. of Lisbon)Memories, Resistances and Revolts

Novembro 2008

Paulo de Medeiros (Univ. of Utrecht)The Gift of Forgetting

João Paulo Borges Coelho (Univ. Eduardo Mondlane) In the History and Beyond History – Some Dimensions of

the Wars in Mozambique

Enrique Dussel (Univ. Autónoma de México)Anti-Cartesian Meditations. The First Anti-Discourse of

Modernity

Online Publication

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• The Representation of Violence and the Violence of RepresentationCoord.: António Sousa Ribeiro

• Witchcraft and Modernity in MozambiqueCoord.: Maria Paula Meneses

• Risk, Citizenship and the Role of the State in a Globalised WorldCoord.: José Manuel Mendes

• Children of the Colonial War: Postmemory and RepresentationsCoord.: Margarida Calafate Ribeiro

• Plurality of Juridical Orders and Judicial System in LuandaCoord.: Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Associated Research Projects (selection)

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NorthNorth--South LibrarySouth Library

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The North/South Library aims to create a bibliographic collection resultingfrom the scientific research carried out in the Southern hemisphere (theso-called ‘Third World’) in the area of the social sciences and humanities,which is on the whole little known in the countries of the North.

The library encompasses a wide thematic variety: indigenous peoples;anti-hegemonic struggles; identities and ethnicities; human rights andother principles of human dignity; economic, organisational andmanagerial matters; sustainable democratic development; alternativeknowledge and bio-diversity; alternatives to neo-liberal globalisation; socialjustice and social inclusion; feminist studies and gender issues; humansciences and literatures.

The Library currently holds ca. 12,000 monographs and 233 journalsubscriptions, from Europe (112), North and South America (92), Africa (17)and Ásia (12).

Completed MA Dissertations• André Cristiano José (Mozambique)

“Narratives of Resistance: The Crisis of the Cashew Nut Industry and Everyday Struggles in Angoche”

• Ana B Pereira (Portugal)“A Journey to the Inner Shadow: disability, chronic disease and invisibility in a ability society”

• Eliana Arrivabene Diniz (Brazil)“The Brazilian Post-Colonial Triad: ‘Science’, ‘Nationality’ and ‘Colour’”

• Eurídice Monteiro (Cape Verde)“Women, Democracy and Post-Colonial Challenges: An Analysis of Political Participation of Women in Cape Verde”

• Hélia Santos (Portugal)“Young Muslims, Identities and Public Schools: a case study”

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• Lennita Ruggi (Brasil)“International Transferences of Brazilian Football Players”

• Alice Cruz (Portugal)“Leprosy: between the opacity of the veil and the transparency of the touch”

• Lourenço Cardoso (Brasil)“The Invisible White: a study on the emergence of whiteness in Brazilian research about race relations (from 1957 to 2007)”

• Nilzélia Oliveira (Brasil)“Environmental activism, performativity and ways of life: a case study on the daily life of the Grupo de Acção e Intervenção Ambiental – GAIA”

Completed MA Dissertations

23 Doctoral Dissertations in Progress• Abigail Silva (Brazil) – Scholarship from the Ford Foundation

“Local Development and Community Organizations: In Search of New Paths”

• Adalto Guesser (Brazil) - Scholarship from CAPES/MEC-Brazil “A Sociotechnic Analysis from the Perspective of the South: The Free Software Movement and Counter-Hegemonic Struggles for Social Emancipation and Cognitive Justice in Brazil”

• Élida Santos (Brazil) - Scholarship from CAPES/Brasil“Judicial System and Democracy: A Comparative Study of the Portuguese and Brazilian Cases”

• Eunice Seixas (Portugal)“The Securitization of Development in International Humanitarian Relief: A Post-Colonial Perspective”

• Fátima Rodrigues (Portugal) - Scholarship from FCT“Ways of Life: African Combatants in the Portuguese Armed Forces”

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• Gaudino Cardoso (Cape Verde) - Scholarship from IPAD/ Government of Cape Verde“The Emergence of the Cape Verdean University in the Framework of the National Higher Learning Politics: Rupture or Continuity?”

• Odair Varela (Cape Verde) - Scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation“Political-Juridical Pluralism in Cape Verde and Moçambique: A Compared Post-Colonial Analysis”

• Paula Medeiros (Portugal) - Scholarship from FCT “Angolan Literature and Post-Colonialisms: Spaces of Fiction in Manuel Rui”

• Raul Fernandes (Guinea-Bissau)“Men and Women from the Guinean Coast Regions in the Tragedy of Res Halieutica – Contrasted Identities and Cultures of Mobility and Citizenship”

• Teresa Cunha (Portugal) - Scholarship from FCT “Beyond an Indian Ocean of Despair and Revolt. A Post-Colonial Feminist Analysis of Empowerment Strategies of Women in Mozambique and East-Timor”

Novembro 2008

Application requirementsThe programme runs biennially, re-opening in 2009/2010.

1. The application deadline to enroll in the Programme is the 30th of June of 2009.

2. Holders of a BA or MA in Social or Human Sciences are invited to apply to enroll in the Programme.

3. The Scientific Council may accept applications from applicants holding a BA or MA from other areas of studies, whose curriculum shows appropriate basic preparation.

Total Fees (4 years) - 4,750€

Selection Criteria • Applicants wishing to enroll in the Programme will be selected as per

the following criteria:

a) Academic and scientific curriculum;b) Professional experience;c) BA and/or MA grade;d) Submittal of a proposed research work plan (5 to 10 pages);e) Command of a foreign language (English);f) Interview (optional).

• The selection of the students for the 4th edition of this Programme will be announced until the 30th of September 2009.