“There’s no escaping what we’re taught?” Debates on historical memory and intercultural communication

On 21 October, at 2 p.m., the ‘Communication and Diversity’ Seminar will hold a session on the theme “There’s no escaping what we’re taught? Debates on historical memory and intercultural communication.”

The seminar will feature Alice Balbé, a researcher at the Communication and Society Research Centre, who will present the paper ‘We may not think anything, but we have to study’: discussions with young secondary school students in Portugal’, and Armindo Armando, a professor at Licungo University, Mozambique, who will present a paper entitled “Gordian Knot and Carnation Revolution: Paths for reflection on relations between Portugal and Mozambique”.

Alice Balbé has a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of Minho. She has participated in international projects and developed research on intercultural relations, information consumption, colonialism, environmental and gender issues. She is a researcher at the Centre for Communication and Society Studies (CECS) at the University of Minho.

Armindo Armando holds a PhD in Language, Culture and Society, specialising in Cultural Hermeneutics, Anthropology and Sociology from Zambezi University – Mozambique in partnership with the University of Minho – Portugal, a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations and a degree in Philosophy/History. He is a Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Licungo University – Mozambique. He was a researcher at the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), ICS of the University of Minho, Portugal in the Cultures Past & Present project (2019 – 2022), and is a member of the research group on Learning and Organisational Culture of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil. She has published scientific articles in peer-reviewed international journals and co-organised the e-book ‘Social Sciences and Human Development in Mozambique: production, circulation and limitations’ (2024).

The session will be moderated by Rosa Cabecinhas and is the result of a partnership between the Virtual Museum of Lusophony, the MigraMediaActs project and the Conciliare project.

[Posted: 16-10-2024]