Tip of the Tongue: Stories, Memories and Innovation in Emigration

Tip of the Tongue: Stories, Memories and Innovation in Emigration

Period
September 1, 2017 to February 28, 2019
Duration
18 months
Abstract

The project’s main objective is to apply an innovative methodology of teaching and preservation of the Portuguese language and culture through collecting and analysing stories of the Portuguese Emigration.
It is a participative methodology through the oral, writing and staging socialization of the stories of Portuguese emigration are narrated in the first person as biographical experiences for a practical and civic purpose.
The work focused on some destinations of emigration in which the team has done some work, such as Newark, Paris, São Paulo, but it is potentially extendable to other Portuguese communities in future projects.

 

Funding Entity
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian