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On the move to Modern Moves
During the last summer I’ve received a special invitation from Ananya Jahanara Kabir to attend a Modern Moves Goa Research Cell meeting in London. This European Research Council Advanced Grant (ERC) project, studies the evolution of dances in their move from plantations to cities worldwide, and tracks the transnational developments, to break new ground in…
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Summer in the City?
(…) before the summer ends I would have talked in 6 different events, traveled two continents and done a little bit more of fieldwork (…)
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Diálogos do Sagrado
Amanhã, pelas 18h30 no Museu do Oriente, estarei a palestrar acerca das máscaras rituais Bhuta do Sul de Karnataka, integrado no ciclo de conferencias “A Índia Visual” que pretende pensar a cultura visual da Índia como ponto de partida para a reflexão de diversas temáticas: arte, religião, política, consumo, género, publicidade, media, entre outras. Estas…
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Back to Portugal, Goa and back
Long time no see! Yes, in fact, my bad. It was another of those intense travels for research and then festivities settled in (Xmas and new years eve) on my return from India and it was family time. But then again, just a few day after I’ve returned to India in January as part of…
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Goa »fastfoward »
“It will be interesting to see again some places that I haven’t visited since 2007, others since 2009 and a few since 2012. The benefits of it is the data already collected from my previous travels allows me to get insider readings for my considerations regarding effective conservation-restoration practices and preventive conservation measures.”
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Welcome October and the academic duties
October starts with the regular visa application to India and ends with the travel to it. In between, a lot of work will take place. Like always, India is not a vacation site to me so, work, meetings, research are on the agenda. Of course, occasional friends visits also. But before getting myself into an…
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Good news before the summer
Yes, eventually working hard pays off. I’ve submitted a project to a couple of funding institutions and I got the news news that I was awarded a research scholarship from Fundação Oriente to start (or better, to continue the work i’ve already started in March) the Plan for the Preservation of the Historical and Artistic…
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De volta [returned]
As cinco semanas de trabalho na Índia (Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Goa com a habitual e regular visita a Damão do meu coração) que decorreram nos meses de Março e Abril deram lugar ao meu retorno a Portugal para continuar novos e velhos trabalhos. Decorreu já na Universidade de Aveiro o 3º Congresso Internacional pelos mares…
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Upcomming events
So it is no secret: I’m in India. And got a busy agenda too. It is my pleasure to share it and invite all that are around the neighbourhood: Ahmedabad Conference |March 31, 18h00 – Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Campus Indo-portuguese art: the concept, art objects and present conservation issues Lecture |April 4, 11h00 -…
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The Book is out!
The book launch yesterday was amazingly surprising, it was very dear to me to get such wonderful and dedicated audience that words can hardly explain. Professor Vitor Serrão, from Artis Institute in UNL, made a very welcoming and positive presentation and Paulo Simões Rodrigues, director of CHAIA, exalted the importance of Art History research, like…
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