Since 2024, the project O que fazemos com isto? (What do we do with this?) has been promoting encounters between young people with links to Braga and Portuguese-speaking countries and artists from different disciplines, thinkers, and war veterans.
From this ongoing work, several artistic objects have been created that reflect on our colonial legacy, including a book of short stories and original illustrations mentored by the writer Ondjaki, written through real testimonies from the young people participating in the project, which will serve as the basis for a final performance; a video installation by Diogo Gazella Carvalho, a journey through the marks of the Portuguese empire in the city, guided by Chisoka Simões, and other moments of reflection proposed by the group created and by the MigraMediaActs project.
Schedule
20 nov
16:00 – Guided tour, “Exploring empires: a tour of the colonial networks in Braga”, with Chisoka Simões
21 nov
10:30–12:30 – Knowledge Circle “Outras histórias, outros futuros. Memórias coloniais e desafios decoloniais”, with Mariana Pinto dos Santos, Víctor Barros, Claudino Ferreira, Elísio Macamo and Rosa Cabecinhas/ Curated by: CONCILIARE, Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade da Universidade Minho
14:30–16:30 – Knowledge Circle “O que estamos a fazer com isto? e o que, ainda, falta fazer.”
16:30-17:00 – Reflexive-active intervention “Começo, meio e começo”, with Gessica Correia Borges
18:00–19:30 – Book presentation “Tudo isto é futuro Contos”
19:30 – Installation inauguration “Neo – Drapetomania”
21:30 – Performance Peça-Con(ser)to