Colóquio

Urban Aspirations in Colonial/Postcolonial Mozambique: Understanding Planning and Government in Unequally Divided Cities

15 de julho de 2014, 09h30-18h30

CIUL Auditorium, Picoas Plaza, Lisbon


9:30-10:15 | Welcome > Manuel Carvalho da Silva (University of Coimbra, Portugal) and João Carlos Afonso  (Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal)

Opening Comments
Mpho Matsipa (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

10:15-12:15

Session I
Moderator:
José António Bandeirinha (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
“The Peripheral in Urban Futures”, Tiago Castela (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
“Migration: a Maputo-Johannesburg Case Study”, Mpho Matsipa (University of the  Witwatersrand, South Africa)
“Can concepts conceal people and struggles? Governing inequality in Maputo”, Maria Paula  Meneses (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Discussants: Paul Jenkins (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Ana Vaz Milheiro (Lisbon University Institute, Portugal)

14:00-16:00 | Session II

Moderator: António Olaio (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
“Getting (dis-)connected: disjointed aspirations for an electric city”, Idalina Baptista (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
“Capulana in dual tensions: tradition and agency of contemporary fashion practices in  Maputo”,  Sofia Vilarinho (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
“Peri-urban agriculture in Maputo: dimensions and urban space”, Leonardo Veronez de Sousa (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Discussant: Isabel Raposo (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

16:00-16:30 | Break

16:30-18:30 | Films, Debate and Closing Remarks
Excerpts of films on Maputo selected by Joana Ascensão (Lisbon, Portugal), filmmaker participating in the project.

Filmic presentations by António Olaio (University of Coimbra, Portugal):
“The Public House” (work from the Drawing course of the Architecture undergraduate degree at the University of Coimbra)
“Monologue” (António Olaio, video, 2’ 50’’, 2014)
“I'm Invisible” (António Olaio, video, 4’ 34’’, 2005)

Moderator: Carlos Fortuna (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Discussants: José António Bandeirinha (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Idalina Baptista (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), Mpho Matsipa (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), António Olaio (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Closing Remarks: Maria Paula Meneses (University of Coimbra, Portugal) and Tiago Castela (University of Coimbra, Portugal)