Midterm Seminar of the Project Margins

The Climate Crisis and Guinea-Bissau: Ruptures, Continuities and Uncertainties  

November 2 and 3, 2023, 10h00 (GMT)

Room 1, CES | Alta + Online

Programme

2 NOVEMBER, THURSDAY

9h30-10h00 | Opening and welcome session
Joana Sousa, Rita Campos
CES Board of Directors (TBC)
CES Scientific Board (TBC)


INTEGRATING PERSPECTIVES ON THE DRASTIC TRANSFORMATION OF LIFE AND MAINTAINING THE REST
10h00-12h00
Moderator: Rita Campos, Centre for Social Studies - CES-UC, Coimbra

10h00-10h45 | [Title to be confirmed]
Andrew Ainslie, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

10h45-11h00 | Coffee-Break

11h00-11h30 | Commentary:
Raul Mendes Fernandes, Amílcar Cabral University - UAC, Bissau
Jorge Varanda, Anthropology Research Network Centre, CRIA-UC, Coimbra

11h30-12h00 | Talk

12h00-13h30 | Free lunch


TARRAFES, BOLANHAS AND DJINTIS - BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN SEA AND LAND
13h30-15h15
Moderator: Luís Catarino, Centre for Ecology (Evolution and Environmental Change - cE3c, FCUL, Lisbon)

13h30-13h45 | Mangal vs. bolanha - vegetation dynamics in mangrove rice cultivation areas
Maira da Costa, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c, FCUL, Lisbon)

13h45-14h00 | Between land and sea - mangrove plants and environments
Bucar Indjai, National Institute for Studies and Research (INEP, Bissau) and Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA-UL, Lisbon)

14h00-14h15 | The Chão de Biombo in perspective: Analysing historical changes in land cover at a land-sea interface
Madalena Matias, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c, FCUL, Lisbon)

14h15-14h30 | Portrait: Development projects and rice in Guinea-Bissau
Juelson Lourenço, Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC, Coimbra)

14h30-15h15 | Talk

15h15-15h45 | Coffee-break


CRISIS AND TRANSDISCIPLINARITY IN IMAGE I | PHOTOGRAPHY
15h45-17h00
Moderator: Joana Sousa, Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC, Coimbra)

Roundtable inspired by the work of Joana Roque de Pinho (University Institute of Lisbon, ISCTE)
Fotos di mudansa”: Alterações ambientais retratadas por agricultores do sul da Guiné-Bissau
(Sintidus, 2020, pp. 105-134)

CRISIS AND TRANSDISCIPLINARITY IN IMAGE II | VIDEO
18h00-19h45 | Casa da Esquina (TBC)
Moderator: Sumaila Jalo, Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC, Coimbra)

Screening of documentaries and talk with participants in the making of the film:
Ana Luísa Luz, Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences (CICS.Nova, Lisbon)
Joana Sousa, Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC, Coimbra)
Sofia da Palma Rodrigues (Divergente, Lisbon)


Maboan, notas sobre a construção de um dique (2015) [25 minutes]
Chão-de-Gente (Lisbon), Cabasane Biteraune (Caequene).
Directed by: Ana Luísa Luz, Braima Indjai, Ansomane Dabo, Joana Sousa, Zaino Zauad
Spoken in Guinean Creole/Portuguese subtitles

Elalab: O Zé quer saber porquê (2019) [27 minutes]
Divergente

 

3 NOVEMBER, FRIDAY

MEMORY AND TRANSFORMATION AT THE MANGAL-ARROZAL INTERFACE IN GUINEA-BISSAU
9h30-11h00
Moderator: Bucar Indjai, National Institute for Studies and Research (INEP, Bissau) and Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA-UL, Lisbon)

9h30-9.45 | Djobel, until when? An identity in displacement and conflict
Cláudia Santos, Institute of Social Sciences (ICS-UL, Lisbon)

9h45-10h00 | Badigue Felupe: A new socio-technological era in bolanha rice farming
Adilson Infande, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE)

10h00-10h15 | The bolanhas of Chão de Biombo: A distant journey of abandoning rice production
Benício Có, Organisation for the Defence and Development of Wetlands (ODZH, Bissau)
Djone Camala, Organisation for the Defence and Development of Wetlands (ODZH, Bissau) and University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE)
Joana Sousa, Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC, Coimbra)

10h15-10h30 | [Title to be confirmed]
Dionísio Tavares, Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC) and University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE)
Gonçalo Salvaterra, Anthropology Research Network Centre (CRIA, FCSH-UNL)

10h30-11h00 | Talk

11h00-11h15 | Coffee-break


STORIES OF OTHER PLACES IN COERCIVE TRANSFIGURATION
11h15-12h45
Moderator: Paula Duarte Lopes, Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC, Coimbra)

11h15-11h30 | [Title to be confirmed]
Taraf Abu Handam, Central European University

11h30-11h45 | [Title to be confirmed]
Gustavo Garcia, Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC, Coimbra)

11h45-12h00 | [Title to be confirmed]
TBA

12h00-12h30 | Talk

12h30-14h00 | Free lunch

14h30-17h30 | MARGINS team meeting and consultant Andrew Ainslie, University of Reading