Science and Technology Week 2010

Every year, in November, during the Science and Technology Week, several universities, scientific institutions, schools, associations and museums open their doors to present the activities they develop, through direct contact with the public. As usual, CES joins the Ciência Viva - National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture in this initiative, inviting everyone to participate in its activities of promotion of scientific culture.

The Gospel According to St. Matthew
November 22nd, 2010, 21:30h, Teatro da Cerca de São Bernardo

Session open to public

Screening of the movie "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" (1964), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, followed by a debate with José Manuel Pureza, Parliament member for the Left Bloc and researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES).

Considered by the Vatican as one of the best movies of all times about religion, the work of Pasolini tells the life of Jesus Christ through the Gospel According to St. Matthew. The Pasolian Christ is, however, a revolutionary Christ who violently reacts to the hypocrisy and falsehood of Men.

The movie is part of the cinema cycle "Faith", organized by the Observatory for The Politics of Cultural and Religious Diversity in Southern Europe (POLICREDOS) of CES, during which different perspectives on faith (or faiths) in its relationship with some unavoidable questions in the study of contemporary societies: power, sexuality, politics, cultural identities.

DISCUSSING RACISM IN POPULAR CULTURE
November 25th, 2010, 17h - 19h, CES Seminar Room

Participation restricted to secondary school students and their teachers

With this activity, we will discuss how popular culture has been reproducing racist imaginaries. For that, we will watch and discuss several examples produced within the Portuguese context and other Western contexts, namely comic books, children books and movies, action movies, humour shows, documentaries and advertisements.

This activity is integrated in the project, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, "RAP - Race and Africa in Portugal: a study on history textbooks", coordinated by Marta Araújo, a CES researcher.