Moderator: Sílvia Portugal (FEUC/CES)

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In the context of Teatrão's next creation, based on the work «da familia» [of family] by Valério Romão, Teatrão organizes, in collaboration with CES, a series of talks about different aspects of the contemporary family universe.

of family is a collection of twelve short stories written by Valério Romão. With a dramaturgy created by him, based on five of these stories, Teatrão will perform them starting in December. The five familiar episodes have a fabulist, mythical and fantastic structure, although paradoxically mundane. The episodes are not exactly located in this or that era, they are not part of the past although they are also there, nor are they contemporary, although recognizable in everyday life. Without having any essayistic, or formal, pretensions, the melodramatic treatment, in the best sense of the word, has an epic structure that inadvertently or deliberately, who knows, unsettles the receiver.

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Ana Rita Brás
Ana Rita Brás holds a Master Degree in Sociology, University of Coimbra. She completed her master's degree in September 2019 with the dissertation "'Quando ele morreu...': O Papel das Redes Relacionais da Viuvez Feminina". Until December 2019, was part of the team of the Centre for Welfare Studies of the Social Sciencies Faculty of the University of Ljubljana in the scope of the projects CO.S.M.I.C - Community Support for Migrant Informal Careers (Erasmus+) and ME-WE - Psychosocial Support for Promoting Mental health and wellbeing among adolescent young carers in Europe (European Union's Horizon 2020). Until July 2020, was a CES Junior Researcher under the IMAS II project - Improving Assistance in Inclusive Educational Settings. Her current research interests focus on Social Networks, Family and Care, Social Policies and Women. Currently, develops the PhD project 'Death of the spouse and social networks: a study on female widowhood', funded by the FCT and FSE (2020.05032.BD), as part of the PhD in Sociology at FEUC, supported by CES.

Pedro Raul Cardoso República de Séniores
Pedro Raul Cardoso is the director of the Centro Social Paroquial de S. Jorge de Arroios, in Lisbon. The Social Centre is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity, non-profit erecta canonically, which enjoys legal personality in the canonical and civil law and belongs to the factory of the Parish Church of São Jorge de Arroios". It coordinates various social responses for the elderly: day and night centres, senior citizens' hostels, home support and help lines, among others.é o diretor do Centro Social Paroquial de S. Jorge de Arroios, em Lisboa. O Centro Social é uma Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social, sem fins lucrativos erecta canonicamente, que goza de personalidade jurídica no foro canónico e civil e é pertença da fábrica da Igreja Paroquial de São Jorge de Arroios”. Coordena várias respostas sociais para idosos: centros de dia e noite, repúblicas de séniores, apoio domiciliário e linha de ajuda entre outras.

Tiago Pereira
Tiago Pereira was born in Almoçageme in 1972.  He is a Portuguese director, curator, screenwriter and editor, known for his documentaries about Portuguese musical and popular traditions and for the creation of the archive "A Música Portuguesa a Gostar Dela Própria".